Asrock H97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 07 '20 at 08:19
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 68.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 76% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 589 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? ASRock(1849 1622) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 14 Parallax 16.3 10% 14.3 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 12.4 Splatting 21.1 14% 16.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,200 Write 5,001 Mixed 5,525 1,242% 5,576 MB/s	4K Read 411 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 224 1,005% 272 MB/s	DQ Read 909 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 651 498% 686 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 174 165 173 151 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 368 Write 255 Mixed 263 SusWrite 172 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 41.4 147% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 177 140% 193 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 364GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 118 118 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 110 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 117 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 145 147 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 146 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 107%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 347GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 102 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 65%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 517GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 112 Write 121 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 104 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 17 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97 Anniversary

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	118x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	13x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	28x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	20x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	18x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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