Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. 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 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.7% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150312
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 22:08
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 165 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 226 31% 228 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1627 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.7% Poor	Lighting 32.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 27.5 26% 30.2 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 28.4 25% 30.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721064CLA332 640GB 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 579GB free Firmware: JPGOA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 76 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 109 (03) Spinup time 117 100 25791168831 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 32 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 95 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1946 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 21487945761 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 237305881 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4083 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4083 (C2) HDA temperature 240 146 180389347353 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.44 103% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 389GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 236556696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 183302 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (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 52 604897305 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 236556696 (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 -96503620173240 (F1) Unknown 100 253 661559864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3277793157	62.9% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 89.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.77 135% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 326GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238213648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5229997 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 588054553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3145 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 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 54700703482689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12459208766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1660911134	79.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 145 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 76GB free Firmware: 3.AHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1009 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 775765830 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 61 61371809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 56.5 Mixed 53.8 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127431368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2021 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61347842 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (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 60 588251161 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83408 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 42949672985 (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 7494717939670 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53090777452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42751808822	93.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 143 Mixed 162 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 150 5291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1691 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1685 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 40 40 44254 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52774941025 (F2) Unknown 200 200 91630955088	49.6% Average	Read 92.3 Write 80.4 Mixed 81.3 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 930GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 41.2 Mixed 23.6 43% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Anniversary

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	78x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $524

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