Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 02:49
Run Duration	461 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 386 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.3 86% 107 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 104 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 430GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979544098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 952403398 (F7) Unknown 100 100 29777955 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2113127 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1928 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	72.2% Very good	Read 482 Write 342 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 15 102% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 15 24% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 99%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 87GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 658 (94) Unknown 100 100 113412 (95) Unknown 100 100 1640 (96) Unknown 100 100 1451 (97) Unknown 100 100 1597 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39310 (A5) Unknown 100 100 75 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43044751802398 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 294169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 784205 (F5) Unknown 100 100 464349 (F6) Unknown 100 100 453648 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 490 Write 258 Mixed 271 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 22.3 107% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 14.7 66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B0) Unknown 100 100 2176 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5580 (C2) HDA temperature 48 61 4002352 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 99 99 4294967306 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2594199830826 (F1) Unknown 100 100 242853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 238669 (F3) Unknown 100 100 459615 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2575	74.2% Very good	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 166 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 20.3 133% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 17.6 49% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234791000 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6123657 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3228 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 179 Mixed 154 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
COBY MP3 Player 2GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 2531 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.16% Terrible	Read 7.91 Write 3 Mixed 4.27 6% 5.06 MB/s	4K Read 5.51 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.16% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

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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	585x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	389x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
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 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16