Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	94.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 619 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 148 Parallax 142 120% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 46 85902360611 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 97470 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97470 (F2) Unknown 100 100 99271 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1653 (FC) Unknown 100 100 22	94.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 263 Mixed 415 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.4 153% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 80 106% 192 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 635GB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 97 154664862 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 13 13 3593 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4346239013 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 37 7282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 114 (BC) Unknown 100 86 227636805750 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 317 (BE) vendor-specific 62 30 7469604536358 (C2) HDA temperature 38 70 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 30 154664862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 83 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 83 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2448131391114 (F1) Unknown 100 253 969211960 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3265277722
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 328GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 88 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896633014 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3920 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3821 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6309 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 210454970405 (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 2	71.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 110 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.12 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%

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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 $182	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