Asrock H97M

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	26.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 175 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 457 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 82% 106 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 97.8 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 260 288 232 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 361 Mixed 336 SusWrite 269 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 42.2 146% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 195 174% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 103%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 284GB free Firmware: Q1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 137 378 5.2 5.5 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 491 Write 422 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 91.8 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 102%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JP4OA3GC SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 128 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 127 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 120 122 122 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 110 Write 63.7 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 121 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%

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Typical H97M Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock H97M

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	14x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	8x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	4x
99U5471-050.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 1,731 samples	3x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $315

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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