Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 15:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 378 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.6 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 128GB-$35 3,548 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 515 Write 182 Mixed 266 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28.4 134% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 32.7 72% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free Firmware: 5.6. Relative performance (0^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 344 Write 108 Mixed 161 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 11.2 77% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 57.9 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 17.2 24% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 80%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 678GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 130 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.32 130% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-004.A01LF 2x4GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $279	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