Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 08:25
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 187 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 492 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.1% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 63.8 54% 66.8 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 63.4 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$44 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 598 Write 384 Mixed 610 118% 530 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 32.3 162% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 298 239% 342 MB/s
Poor: 88% Great: 228%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 636GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 138 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 76 SusWrite 137 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 64%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

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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 $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 $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