Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	169% 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	79% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 03:01
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 180 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 575 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.26% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.3 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.26% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Zotac(19DA 5513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 209 Parallax 277 190% 240 fps	MRender 281 Gravity 230 Splatting 164 177% 225 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 126 74 100 111 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79% Very good	Read 423 Write 122 Mixed 232 SusWrite 113 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 41.2 151% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 122 112% 171 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 134 137 137 139 141 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 144 Mixed 99.7 SusWrite 138 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1600 2x8GB 743 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR064A K242HYL

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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	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 $45	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