Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150115
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 177 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 315 42% 312 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 53.4 35% 42.8 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 37.3 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 157 146 150 145 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 494 Write 304 Mixed 297 SusWrite 151 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 16.6 92% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 285 222% 307 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 415GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 91 92 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 84.8 Write 87.8 Mixed 44 SusWrite 91.5 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 2,814 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.1 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 34%

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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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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	178x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	153x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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