Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 20:22
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 597 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 130 Parallax 134 106% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB PCIe AHCI 50 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW25D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 726 Write 564 Mixed 450 129% 580 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 43.3 159% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 334 241% 315 MB/s
Poor: 99% Great: 215%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 931GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 356 361 369 369 361 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 364 Mixed 352 SusWrite 353 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 58.8 194% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 503 345% 423 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 305%
Liteon LCH-256V2S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 34GB free Firmware: FC8110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 341 341 342 345 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 344 Mixed 313 SusWrite 322 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 42.8 150% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 207 185% 278 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 141 147 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 77 SusWrite 144 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 113 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 113 72% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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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 $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