Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	175% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 19:35
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5850HQ 55 User benchmarks, average bench 78% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 703 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 17.7 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 17.4 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 714 713 719 720 723 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 705 Mixed 648 SusWrite 709 156% 693 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 65.1 225% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 884 628% 796 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 297%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 92 91 94 91 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 144 Write 130 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 90.4 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1 318% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 0420 DDR3 1600 0420 DDR3 1600 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2200, 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 32.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 18: 2R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
18%	10%	61	71	59	30	84.6"	2048 1152	SAM0FF0 SAMSUNG

History: Score 19: 3R 0G 4B | Score 18: 2R 2G 2B

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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