Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 22:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 600 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.47 3% 5.64 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.7 6% 6.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 451 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.2 233% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 436 Mixed 396 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 56.4 209% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 177 183% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 22GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 118 118 127 120 126 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 122 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 45GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 62 61 63 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 69 Write 63.4 Mixed 48.1 SusWrite 62.6 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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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Typical H97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock H97 Pro4 - $287

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	90x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	84x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	44x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $710

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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