Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 H97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	26.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 03:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 367 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.68% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 6.16 3% 5.22 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.04 5% 6.02 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.68% Great: 3%
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Gigabyte(1458 2281) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 96.3 58% 76.5 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 78 56% 66.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 493 Write 477 Mixed 372 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.4 217% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 352 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 967GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 120 120 116 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 65 SusWrite 117 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 84%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 212GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 28 29 35 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 97 Write 35 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 34.2 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 56%
Memorex Mini 4GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Read 12 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.5 8% 6.75 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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

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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	79x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x

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: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16