Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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	3.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 14:26
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 362 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 72%

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 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 5.53 2% 4.86 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.17 4% 4.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 535 Mixed 553 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 34.7 158% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 175 193% 327 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 236%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4998590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 18889266179330 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7715 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 77312688161 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4998590 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4998590 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4998590 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13476 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12052 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12052 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12467	63.3% Good	Read 501 Write 134 Mixed 192 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 13 103% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 9.58 40% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 80%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789530412 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2850 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1830 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3349 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3349 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684838945 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 173 Mixed 163 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.19 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 291GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 133 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73214 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 86.6 Mixed 80.4 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	584x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16