Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus H97-PRO GAMER  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140714
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 22 '18 at 17:38
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 197
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 501
51% 414 Pts
64-Core 539
33% 539 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 134
105% 134 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 128
Splatting 105
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,243
Write 2,995
Mixed 3,946
899% 4,061 MB/s
4K Read 559
4K Write 252
4K Mixed 315
1,384% 375 MB/s
DQ Read 1,180
DQ Write 740
DQ Mixed 860
668% 927 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
63GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 173 174 174 174 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 129
Write 92.2
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 172
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
31% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 10.2
MC Mixed 8.3
28% 9.73 GB/s
SC Read 6.9
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 10.2
26% 9.23 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 31%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 944 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $628
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