Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.1% 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	62.8% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 03:05
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$132 201,184 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 187 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 359 49% 360 Pts	64-Core 358 24% 358 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$110 255,499 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Nvidia(10DE 1380) 2GB CLim: 1476 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 23.5 19% 22.6 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 26.3 Splatting 19 21% 24.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$45 96,592 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 171 98 28 122 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 106 Write 402 Mixed 288 SusWrite 136 53% 233 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 33.7 125% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 102 122% 212 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 2TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 647GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 120 120 120 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 94 Write 118 Mixed 89 SusWrite 119 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.7 195% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$40 823,428 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 275GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 155 155 156 156 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 155 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$65 266,221 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 426GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 156 154 154 154 156 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 38 SusWrite 154 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 110%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$65 266,221 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 496GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 116 Write 124 Mixed 18 SusWrite 123 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 110%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 2,485 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 19 11 25 20 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 18 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 17.6 28% 22.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 2.8 205% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 82,165 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $115

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $213Bench 77%, 207,546 samples	686x
Core i5-4460Intel $132Bench 70%, 201,184 samples	621x
Core i5-4590Intel $191Bench 74%, 121,907 samples	341x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 34%, 323,151 samples	255x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 193,100 samples	238x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 677,318 samples	230x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $66Bench 54%, 290,857 samples	120x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 772,089 samples	116x
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 66%, 270,305 samples	83x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 67,072 samples	151x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 82,165 samples	85x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 31,943 samples	63x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-11400F $180	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $49
Intel Core i5-11600K $265	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16