Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 17:50
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 663 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 79 Parallax 77 62% 77.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69 Splatting 69.8 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 48701278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -1047972007033 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2050 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 273 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 55 47248244760 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48701278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48701278 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48701278 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18042 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14507 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14507 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11043	51.8% Above average	Read 448 Write 116 Mixed 155 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 7.1 84% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 6.53 25% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 81%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769803776 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 146030329890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 192 Mixed 171 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.25 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 173GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4633 (C2) HDA temperature 114 76 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	44.1% Average	Read 88.3 Write 65.1 Mixed 74.6 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 57GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 159 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2632 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7437 (C2) HDA temperature 110 75 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.9% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 64.6 Mixed 64.4 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	583x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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