Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 454 47% 378 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% ASRock(1849 5001) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 79.8 52% 71.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 57 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 284 281 283 264 246 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 814 Write 584 Mixed 229 SusWrite 274 105% 475 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 17.8 76% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 26.1 146% 328 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 182%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 168GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 155 162 155 156 163 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.6% Below average	Read 183 Write 164 Mixed 130 SusWrite 159 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 17.1 59% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.9 DQ Write 40.4 DQ Mixed 24.3 30% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 91%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 171GB free Firmware: 1011 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 512 479 493 468 473 495 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 514 Mixed 498 SusWrite 486 112% 496 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 48.4 187% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 720 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 65.9 216% 471 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 284%
Toshiba MG05ACA800E 8TB 461 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 5TB free Firmware: GX4K SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 89 94 91 87 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 119 Write 142 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 93.9 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 4x8GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 15.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	585x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	388x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	199x
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	63x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16