Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '22 at 17:56
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$112 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 164 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 497 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.14% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 6.2 3% 26.4 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.14% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC86201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 388 383 358 361 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 445 Write 380 Mixed 261 SusWrite 369 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 29.4 104% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 190 171% 259 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 101%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 755GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 529GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 63 64 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.5% Above average	Read 123 Write 128 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 63.8 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 64%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$55 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 102 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 81.9 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 101 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 68GB free Firmware: AX0R2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 53.1 Mixed 26 SusWrite 63.8 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.3 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 57%

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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%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	596x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	393x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	306x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	195x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	161x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	64x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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