Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 01:05
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$179 104,370 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 58.8 1-Core 24.1 2-Core 109 38% 63.9 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 405 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 405 27% 405 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 192,723 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	2.59% Terrible	Lighting 11.7 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 21.3 3% 16.7 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 7 Splatting 18.1 3% 13.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.59% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$52 89,660 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 81 98 78 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 104 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 85.7 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 8.3 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 131 30% 131 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,100 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $299

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $170Bench 71%, 172,489 samples	230x
Core i5-4590Intel $179Bench 75%, 104,370 samples	173x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 79%, 176,679 samples	128x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $400Bench 51%, 633,465 samples	129x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 1,036,779 samples	77x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 301,375 samples	63x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 640,525 samples	75x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $67Bench 108%, 402,235 samples	58x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 114%, 265,092 samples	46x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 56%, 39,757 samples	45x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 34,097 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 55%, 36,292 samples	36x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $42

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28