Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 58.8 2-Core 169 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 452 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 94.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.8 77% 101 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 90.5 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 142 95 98 99 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 412 Write 154 Mixed 288 SusWrite 125 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 10.1 74% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 17 47% 97.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 99%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 93 95 85 83 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 279 Write 113 Mixed 169 SusWrite 92.3 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 27.1 108% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 91.9 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 99.8 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 73%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 101 103 111 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 83.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 104 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 148 147 145 146 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 75 SusWrite 146 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1MNG/8G 2x8GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	586x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
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	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16