Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 486 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Gainward(10B0 1180) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1575 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 51.5 32% 43.2 fps	MRender 51.6 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 38.7 37% 46.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV76D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 287 293 295 293 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 300 Mixed 281 SusWrite 288 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 32.2 130% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 797 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 415 342% 503 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 147%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 146GB free Firmware: GF100-07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 75 76 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 72.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 74.6 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL KHX1600C10D3/4G 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.1% 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 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	223x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16