Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '16 at 08:01
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 426 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3755) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 24.2 23% 24.4 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 20.7 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 558GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 568 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 167 Write 137 Mixed 142 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 1000, Ricco Premier 075U Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Read 28.8 Write 5.86 Mixed 6.83 13% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.52 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 28% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991995S (996995S) 1314 991995 (996995) 1314 991995S (996995S) 1314 991995 (996995) 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	590x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	391x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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