Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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. 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '24 at 22:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 161 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 314 41% 311 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 79.1 70% 82.4 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 65.9 66% 83.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 436 Mixed 299 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 42 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 57.6 53% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 145GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 77 77 114 114 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 415 Write 103 Mixed 342 SusWrite 148 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 28.8 104% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 41.9 41% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 101%
WD WD3200JS-63PDB1 320GB 3,111 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 17GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 51 52 51 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 52 Mixed 40 SusWrite 50.9 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-053.A00LF 99U5471-066.A00LF 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 58%

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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	58	165	31.5"	1920 1017	ACR0AFA ED320QR S3

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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	389x
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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16