Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	86% 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.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '22 at 00:52
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 601 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.4% Below average	Lighting 37 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 50.5 30% 41.7 fps	MRender 52.7 Gravity 45.9 Splatting 38.6 37% 45.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 256 183 50 178 55 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 773 Write 175 Mixed 331 SusWrite 179 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 22 97% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 1.9 98% 227 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 133%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: ACM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 123 120 117 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 116 Write 120 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 123 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX316C10F/8 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

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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 8%

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Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $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