Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% 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	145% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 17:35
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 648 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 73 Parallax 69.5 58% 71.4 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 69.1 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 516 543 477 367 399 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 514 Mixed 562 SusWrite 451 114% 503 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 71.7 236% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 601 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 545 411% 551 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 285%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 33GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 4.3 3 15 79 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 425 Write 287 Mixed 182 SusWrite 54.1 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 17.4 72% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 52.6 DQ Mixed 40.1 42% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 143 160 168 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 156 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 144 162 169 150 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 153 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 883GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 113 112 108 110 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 101 Write 84.6 Mixed 68 SusWrite 109 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB 8,083 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

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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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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 $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 $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 $184	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