Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% 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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 13:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 402 49% 378 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 862C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 71.6 67% 78.7 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 79.5 64% 78.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 62 65 32 74 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 492 Write 350 Mixed 150 SusWrite 77.9 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 37.9 131% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 111 105% 171 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 706GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 159 159 158 159 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 130 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 158 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 343GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 107 125% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	583x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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