Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 22:22
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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-$87 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 86 2-Core 156 61% 104 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 305 34% 269 Pts	64-Core 299 18% 299 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$228 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 79.5 72% 74.3 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 67 65% 81.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN512HMJP-00000 512GB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 317 316 328 333 334 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 322 Write 308 Mixed 239 SusWrite 324 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 36.6 121% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 Kingston 99U5403-034.A00LF Kingston 99U5458-005.A01LF Kingston 9905458-013.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.4% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	0.7"	1920 1080	STD0001

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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 - $115

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $207Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	295x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	204x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	146x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	125x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	54x
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	77x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	42x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	41x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $376

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $419	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16