Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '23 at 23:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 188 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 502 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 104% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 446 510 520 520 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 528 Mixed 582 SusWrite 472 126% 562 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 58.8 185% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 559 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 544 405% 536 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 340%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 8,589 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 688GB free Firmware: VC0S036I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 228 250 254 253 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 342 Write 254 Mixed 288 SusWrite 234 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 40.5 131% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 418 289% 360 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 320%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 191 192 192 191 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 168 Mixed 31 SusWrite 188 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39% Below average	Read 85.7 Write 80 Mixed 22 SusWrite 96.1 94% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318C10FK2/16 Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB HX318C10FK2/16 Hynix HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 53%

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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	585x
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 $300	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