Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140502
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 11:26
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 174 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 365 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 47.7 32% 40.8 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 39.8 30% 35.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 423 Mixed 83 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 44.9 151% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 198 174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 114%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 138 Write 111 Mixed 109 SusWrite 81.9 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 30.1 112% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 94.7 76% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 73%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 218GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 101 105 105 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 98.1 66% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 223GB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 38 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 12.8 40% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 76%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 36 Write 35.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 12.6 37% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 41.3 Write 39.5 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 12.8 41% 31.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.9 323% 3.7 MB/s	DQ Read 0.5 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 0.7 339% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 2x4GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 59%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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