Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.44% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 186 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 516 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 18.1 0% 11.6 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 15.5 16% 19.7 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 96 95 92 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 308 Write 200 Mixed 202 SusWrite 98.6 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 27.8 105% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 32.1 49% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 323GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 104 Write 95.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 1.4 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-064.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $178	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