Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% 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	114% 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '20 at 21:04
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 611 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 43.1 37% 44.1 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 35 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 240 175 250 252 253 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 257 Mixed 357 SusWrite 231 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 50.1 188% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 252 202% 285 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 258%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE641 4TB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA3M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 139 140 140 141 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 133 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 139 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 373GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 177 180 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 157 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 179 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 129 128 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 127 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 73%

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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 $184	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) $35	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