Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	80.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '24 at 08:04
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 361 46% 350 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 72% 105 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.3 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 217 205 209 204 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 335 Write 325 Mixed 339 SusWrite 217 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 31.2 130% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 228 199% 297 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 884GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 193 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 141 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 195 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 12GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 14 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 59%

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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	68	57	60	29.1"	1280 720	KGN2900 KAMN29UHWLA

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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	596x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	393x
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	195x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	161x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16