Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics20% 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 Drive124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus H97M-E  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150515
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 15 '20 at 20:47
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 34%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 94.4
1-Core 110
2-Core 200
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 433
54% 409 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 81%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92
CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
20% Very poor
Lighting 25.1
Reflection 19.2
Parallax 22.2
20% 22.2 fps
MRender 27.4
Gravity 25.2
Splatting 19
19% 23.9 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 20%
Great: 19%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 364 454 463 467 459 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 468
Mixed 446
SusWrite 427
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 57.3
198% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 275
230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 124%
Great: 123%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65
236GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
50.1% Above average
Read 89.5
Write 79.3
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 85.2
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 65%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
626GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 125 125 123 125 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 116
Write 116
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 124
69% 95.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
63.5% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 20.4
62% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 20
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M-E Builds (Compare 2,531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $277
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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