Asrock H97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	94.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140729
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 10:04
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 715 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1558 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 94% 119 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 85.5 78% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1552 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1183 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2836 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 40 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8897 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8078	94.7% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 399 Mixed 401 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.8 139% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 21.7 86% 189 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 98%
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 220GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 327682 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 181 (C2) HDA temperature 65 41 176095035427 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 147 Mixed 230 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 21.7 125% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 39.1 96% 205 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 640GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	91.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 145 Mixed 133 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 32GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 142 Write 87 Mixed 4.61 80% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 1.47 133% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M-ITX/ac - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	35x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	34x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	12x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $703

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 $184	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) $35	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