Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% 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	85.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 399 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 55.1 34% 42.8 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 39.3 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 315 100 99 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 433 Write 242 Mixed 347 SusWrite 186 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 36.9 137% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 236 202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 102%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 14 14 12 13 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 100 Write 30.1 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 14 48% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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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 H97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $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