Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.1% 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)
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 (32%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 02:15
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 206 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 626 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 55.3 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 45.8 45% 52.3 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 51 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 297 Write 85.2 Mixed 189 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 6.8 61% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 7.6 11% 22.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 997GB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 170 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 155 Mixed 30 SusWrite 169 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 117GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 84 85 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 78.8 Write 50.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 84.7 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 60%

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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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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	586x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	306x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
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	64x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16