Asrock H97 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Performance (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '16 at 04:59
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 334 46% 342 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 78.4 74% 86.1 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 70.3 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6929 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1342 (B1) Unknown 89 89 131 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 169 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28580510628	90.7% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 348 Mixed 335 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 24.4 128% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 67.8 108% 209 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2469 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13773 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 34 (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	65.5% Good	Read 88.2 Write 140 Mixed 135 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221503624 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71690356 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1342 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 521338910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 91042 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 47244640286 (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 24507083395636 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68593260612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1904716849139	100% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 150 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 3.84 Mixed 9.53 15% 17 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.82 99% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

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Typical H97 Performance Builds (Compare 500 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock H97 Performance - $171

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	16x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 1,884 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	14x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $819

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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