Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	30% 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	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 13:29
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	24.3% Poor	Memory 31.6 1-Core 82.4 2-Core 99.3 40% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 103 8-Core 73.1 12% 88.2 Pts	64-Core 93.2 6% 93.2 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1575 MHz, MLim: 1837 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 40.4 28% 37.9 fps	MRender 41.7 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 38.1 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 138 109 101 94 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 465 Write 332 Mixed 395 SusWrite 127 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 41.9 135% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 225 159% 201 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 122%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 851GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 153 175 179 178 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 177 Mixed 111 SusWrite 168 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 2x8GB 1,731 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 6.2 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 7.2 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 245 16% 245 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 61%

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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	585x
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 $300	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 $45	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