Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '15 at 15:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GRC-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 i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 431 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 72%

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. 10.18.15.4256 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC DW CDW0130ZFXE0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 865GB free (System drive) Firmware: 100. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.7% Below average	Read 222 Write 213 Mixed 140 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.81 33% 7.99 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 77%
Sandisk aSDnsi kDSSSHD1 59GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free Firmware: 2X03 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.3% Good	Read 490 Write 254 Mixed 328 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 16 68% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 9.91 58% 132 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 31GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37383055 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 763815767 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6316 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 706215969 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 54 194269490 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 53.8 Mixed 51.5 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

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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	588x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
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	193x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	160x

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	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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16