Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% 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 Drive	95.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 13:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 578 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 38.3 33% 36.6 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 3825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4089 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 564 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 79268 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 35 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 42 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 250683 (A5) Unknown 100 100 294 (A6) Unknown 100 100 193 (A7) Unknown 100 100 247 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 411 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1287067 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1310249	95.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 289 Mixed 371 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37 148% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 74.1 109% 205 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41297552 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7535101 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572325922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12782 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 64424509474 (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 -44293997721038 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2171103148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6043364159	94% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 153 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 276GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 179 (03) Spinup time 138 134 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8961 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6689 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7375 (C2) HDA temperature 104 89 39 (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	60.4% Good	Read 99.9 Write 110 Mixed 96.6 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,675 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

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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