Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 09:37
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 598 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 76 Parallax 59.4 62% 70.4 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.8 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 139 98 94 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 115 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 69GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 135 137 133 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 78 Write 80 Mixed 52 SusWrite 134 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 86%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 6GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 26 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 10.7 30% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 54%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 11GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 10 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 25 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 10.7 29% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 5GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 10 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 30 Write 24 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 10.5 27% 21.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 9.3 10 10 9.2 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 22.7 Mixed 22 SusWrite 9.3 27% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 72%

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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	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