Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 398 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 446GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 43 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14801 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14801 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929282592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 44 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$49 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 441 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (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	90.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 148 Mixed 139 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 105%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 755GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 40.7 Mixed 39.6 52% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.57 111% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG 1311 M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG Kingston 99U5403-075.A00LF Kingston 9905402-534.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 51%

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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	586x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
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 $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