Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% 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	99% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 06:41
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 350 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 44.4 38% 45.6 fps	MRender 48 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.4 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 290 86 84 79 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 326 Mixed 356 SusWrite 165 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 52.1 174% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 342 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 37GB free, PID 0740 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 44.8 Write 46 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 44.5 53% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 65%

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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 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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 $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 $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