Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 623 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 59.6 49% 62.4 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 53.7 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A5) Unknown 100 100 39911914 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 305 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 72 309238693943 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1271313072424 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 885 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3579 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2257 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3766 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 343 Mixed 327 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 17.3 110% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 32.1 77% 163 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 215GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195039104 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 431012922 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 656801830 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17746 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 42949672998 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119271241828709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50757718570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 592945726379	61.6% Good	Read 115 Write 99.9 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	70x
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 $261	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 $182	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) $30	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