Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.9% 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	94.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '22 at 20:14
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 393 48% 368 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 141 Parallax 95.5 84% 113 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 111 Splatting 104 105% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS/250G 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0714C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 307 282 119 95 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 619 Write 529 Mixed 386 SusWrite 185 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 26.7 132% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 322 275% 399 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 204%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX316C10F/8 1x8GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.2 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

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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	586x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16