Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '19 at 07:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 245 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 602 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 465 1,390 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 0839) 1GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 801 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 16.8 13% 18.5 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 18.3 15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 220 165 101 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 292 Write 300 Mixed 209 SusWrite 138 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 30 97% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 53 108% 220 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 145 142 146 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 83.2 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 142 72% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 105%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 90GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 44 47 43 48 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 2x8GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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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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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	584x
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 $295	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 $40	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