Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 15:25
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 620 71% 553 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E193) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 5.72 5% 6.02 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 4.83 4% 4.83 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 112GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 394 385 394 417 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 421 Mixed 405 SusWrite 400 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 339 252% 333 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 280 266 205 101 90 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 456 Write 419 Mixed 399 SusWrite 204 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 40.6 131% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 260 187% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 122 121 125 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 138GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 70 71 71 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 69.8 Write 68.8 Mixed 40 SusWrite 69.6 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 61%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 932GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 124 126 125 123 126 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 175 Write 160 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 121 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 324GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 60 Write 61.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 61.3 71% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan 1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0423 Vulcan 1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $149

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	158x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	115x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	28x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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