Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 16:00
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 428 49% 385 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 94.7 82% 97.2 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 79.2 74% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 115GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 668 671 623 597 600 599 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 652 Write 669 Mixed 669 SusWrite 626 148% 654 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.3 210% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 1,200 783% 912 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 260 230 211 186 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 419 SusWrite 225 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 53.8 193% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 144 115% 165 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 99 117 148 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 118 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 116 115 116 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 114 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 43GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 91 98 101 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 29 SusWrite 108 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 47GB free, PID a102 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 73 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 77 Mixed 31 SusWrite 72.9 85% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 82%

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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	389x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
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 $269	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