Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 01:28
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 96 2-Core 180 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 582 56% 464 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 85 Parallax 75.2 76% 84.6 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 74 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 120 89 25 68 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 486 Write 419 Mixed 421 SusWrite 107 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 44% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 479 Write 360 Mixed 316 SusWrite 92.9 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 35.7 121% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 118 97% 138 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 675GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 170 173 171 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 168 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

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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 $178	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