Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.18% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.7% 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 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 23:04
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 377 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5162 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.18% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.1 3% 4.03 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.18% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Patriot Scorch M 512GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 317 330 171 18 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 423 Write 544 Mixed 438 SusWrite 195 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 34.4 108% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 552 340% 363 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 160%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 178GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 340 359 345 424 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 432 Mixed 382 SusWrite 367 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 45.6 168% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 97.4 140% 262 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 776GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 148 147 146 144 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 116 Mixed 76 SusWrite 144 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 174GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 77.5 Write 78.2 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 75.4 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

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

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Typical H97M-E Builds (Compare 2,533 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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 $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 $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