Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 20:04
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 73.4 1-Core 59.2 2-Core 109 50% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 182 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 102% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 112 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 338 337 352 354 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 426 Write 336 Mixed 242 SusWrite 337 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 14.9 105% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 88.2 105% 179 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 146 144 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 145 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 12GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 26 18 12 16 14 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Read 7 Write 19.5 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 17.5 10% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 57 78 47 51 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 25.7 Write 32.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 64 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.2 101% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	179x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	153x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	35x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

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 $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