Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 19:21
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 639 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 163 Parallax 160 121% 157 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 159 Splatting 116 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
THU 120G 120GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0719A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 47 51 28 52 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 439 Write 370 Mixed 330 SusWrite 64.2 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.6 45% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.6 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 0.7 9% 22.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 84%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 420 410 413 418 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 477 Write 400 Mixed 414 SusWrite 407 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 24.9 112% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 48.9 101% 202 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 85 Write 82 Mixed 59 SusWrite 79.4 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 143GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 72 74 75 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 95 Write 68.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 72.8 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 0814 1TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 483GB free, PID 0814 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 81 Write 81.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 81.8 100% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 16.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

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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	584x
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 $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