Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	9GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 9GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 9 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 18:32
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 585 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34C2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 2.59 5% 5.16 fps	MRender 7.19 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.61 4% 5.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 105 133 61 61 53 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 548 Write 340 Mixed 389 SusWrite 100 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.9 167% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 177 153% 218 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 91 96 91 97 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 94.1 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 591GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 90 87 90 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 62.8 Write 91 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 89.1 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9DNCBNZB-TATP Hynix HMT125U6BFR8C-H9 Kingston 99U5471-001.A01LF Micron 8JTF12864AY-1G4D1 9GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	590x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	391x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	306x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	64x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16