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 (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	76.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '16 at 19:41
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 416 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 133633613344644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 69 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 106 106 14121493 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56694 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56694 (F2) Unknown 100 100 86933 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2010	76.8% Very good	Read 477 Write 142 Mixed 198 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 24.2 143% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 57.8 72% 127 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 251GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2964 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2812 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 37 (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 32306 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.9% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 96.4 Mixed 94.1 72% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 177 176 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2228 (C2) HDA temperature 107 89 36 (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	43.6% Average	Read 79 Write 72.6 Mixed 72.8 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	8.35% Terrible	Read 41.6 Write 10.2 Mixed 20.8 26% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.24 10% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.35% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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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	583x
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	69x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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