Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 18:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 198 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 368 47% 356 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 37.1 35% 40.5 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 37.6 Splatting 33.8 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 90GB-$110 444 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 98 99 94 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 393 Write 115 Mixed 178 SusWrite 97.9 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 41.7 151% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 132 104% 146 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 131 141 132 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 136 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 62%

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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%

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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 $295	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