Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 22:56
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 444 57% 433 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 89% 106 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 101 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 126GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5059 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 48 223339151393 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3315271149 (F7) Unknown 100 100 103679562 (F8) Unknown 100 100 65726734 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3557 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 482 Write 330 Mixed 339 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 26.6 115% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 50.3 99% 202 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15407 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 805 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17865769073	94.2% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 349 Mixed 334 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 24.2 137% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 68.6 113% 221 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 442GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 271182 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 29 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 89.9 Mixed 79.7 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 24GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 89.9 Write 37.2 Mixed 37 60% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-058.A00LF 1x8GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 35%

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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	585x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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