Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	18.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 188 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 589 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 3.13 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.44 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 7.87 5% 6.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4417 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1532 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (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 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12170616568	81.1% Excellent	Read 379 Write 306 Mixed 315 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 23.6 119% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 60.8 102% 202 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 125GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2261 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5986 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 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	77.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 119 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 77GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 354 (03) Spinup time 155 152 5250 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9363 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (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	37.6% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 61.9 Mixed 68.3 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97 Pro4 - $287

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	90x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	44x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $710

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 $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