Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 07:11
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 226 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 593 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 68.3 58% 65.2 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 55 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 152 77 75 49 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 306 Write 328 Mixed 200 SusWrite 102 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 26.5 94% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 176 164% 256 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 37GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 322 327 379 383 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 376 Write 456 Mixed 258 SusWrite 348 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 39.2 142% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 164 173% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 141GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 276 274 277 276 276 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 394 Write 392 Mixed 322 SusWrite 288 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 27.7 92% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 121 91% 122 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 84%
Sandisk SPS240G 4TB 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 147 146 145 148 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 145 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 4% 1.63 MB/s

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 51 54 58 51 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 25.3 Write 75.2 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 55.1 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 990GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 89 84 84 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 76.8 Write 83.2 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 85.4 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Backup+ Desktop 3TB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 333GB free Firmware: 1404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 40 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 37 Mixed 32 SusWrite 41 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Total price: $628

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 $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