Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 00:08
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 95 2-Core 179 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 348 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 16.4 16% 17 fps	MRender 22.9 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 16.3 16% 19.3 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 225 219 220 216 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 428 Write 332 Mixed 316 SusWrite 219 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 38.3 142% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 141 141% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 856GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 142 139 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 148 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 137 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 761GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 128 129 129 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 147 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 128 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.1% 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	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 $134	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