Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 03:38
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 404 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% EVGA(3842 2645) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 9.09 7% 8.42 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.89 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 194 104 83 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 456 Write 420 Mixed 355 SusWrite 158 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 29.6 104% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 250 189% 247 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

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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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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	178x
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
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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