Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.8% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141014
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 04:28
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 405 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 3451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 76.8 65% 79.6 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 74.8 62% 76 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 133 142 89 78 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 289 SusWrite 122 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.9 170% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 238 191% 268 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3.5TB free Firmware: 4005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 113 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 127 Write 106 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 113 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.5 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 0.7 2% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 14%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 89 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 114 Write 97 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 88.5 21% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.63 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 0.6 2% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 14%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 367GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 159 179 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 194 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 174 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 123 131 130 131 130 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 129 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0824 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 99 99 101 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.2% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 96.5 Mixed 56 SusWrite 99.9 64% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 61%

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

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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	223x
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	61x

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	33x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16