Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 22:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 348 54% 392 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.3 86% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 96 Splatting 97.3 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 454 Mixed 301 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 48.1 172% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 177 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 396GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 399 412 429 429 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 436 Mixed 404 SusWrite 411 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 50.3 171% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 306 246% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 102 102 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 102 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 109%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 283GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 115 115 114 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 114 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 157 Write 142 Mixed 102 SusWrite 101 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL7-4GBXM 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL7-4GBXM 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 64%

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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 - $179

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	157x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
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: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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