Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	19.2% 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	162% 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	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.

Run History

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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 594 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P620 6,548 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Nvidia(10DE 1264) 2GB CLim: 1354 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 19.8 20% 22.1 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 21.4 18% 22.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 19%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Pilot NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$149 3,554 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 562 596 551 557 555 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 642 Write 376 Mixed 554 SusWrite 530 118% 525 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 74 239% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 804 560% 706 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 322%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston 99U5471-034.A00LF 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.9% 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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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