Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 08:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 637 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1641 MHz, MLim: 1930 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 71.6 66% 77.6 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 63.9 59% 73.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 27314 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (94) Unknown 100 100 22057 (95) Unknown 100 100 765 (96) Unknown 100 100 603 (97) Unknown 100 100 735 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124353 (F2) Unknown 100 100 99125 (F5) Unknown 100 100 437024	90.2% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 345 Mixed 356 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 25.4 130% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 18.2 71% 157 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3304216 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4473211472 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (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 74 58 538312730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 443 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 81604378650 (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 110586817953293 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9429500939 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13110525171	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 180 Mixed 166 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 164GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 219688719 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62310908 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 571867167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 909 (C2) HDA temperature 31 10 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 219688719 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98715528328295 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22754174141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13250509648	83% Excellent	Read 156 Write 134 Mixed 117 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 0420 AO2L16BC4R1-BR1S 1302 PSD34G160081 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 58%

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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