Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	155% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 16:16
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 200 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 586 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	155% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 231 Parallax 223 171% 221 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 215 Splatting 147 164% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 276 159 157 149 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 450 Mixed 370 SusWrite 215 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.4 190% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 437 439 417 439 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 463 Mixed 442 SusWrite 433 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.6 185% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 410GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 154 159 156 158 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 156 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 132 133 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 133 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	179x
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
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

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 $179	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) $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