Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 22:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 515 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 93% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 40037 (A5) Unknown 100 100 123 (A6) Unknown 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 80 (94) Unknown 100 100 43399 (95) Unknown 100 100 1471 (96) Unknown 100 100 1308 (97) Unknown 100 100 1446 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221077 (F2) Unknown 100 100 169793 (F5) Unknown 100 100 640592	78.5% Very good	Read 516 Write 346 Mixed 357 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 18.3 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 18.1 27% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 3 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 175 Mixed 159 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.28 140% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 568GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234718840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4477250607 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1702 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 55834574873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12262131613211 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13077179747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17642799173	108% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 176 Mixed 165 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.16 90% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 147GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 225470363 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73210926 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1034 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420872217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1559 (C2) HDA temperature 25 10 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 225470363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61216168874138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26582108857 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17337302208	75.4% Very good	Read 116 Write 147 Mixed 131 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 0420 AO2L16BC4R1-BR1S 1302 PSD34G160081 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%

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Gaming 8%

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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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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