Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140804
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$100 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 245 39% 281 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.3 83% 104 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 97.4 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 91 84 76 73 55 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.1% Above average	Read 268 Write 120 Mixed 152 SusWrite 75.3 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 35.8 122% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 91.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 92.7 73% 101 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 75%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 438GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 362 450 434 425 432 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 449 Mixed 366 SusWrite 422 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.4 155% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 376GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 71 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 64 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 72.2 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 59%

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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	80x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

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: 55% - Above average

Total price: $534

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16