Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% 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 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 12:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 405 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.8 3% 4.33 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 128GB 128GB 7,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1120A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 264 7.8 12 16 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 455 Write 332 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 69.7 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 17.5 DQ Mixed 0.4 13% 34 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 97GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 132 140 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 138 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 103%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$45 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 84GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 93 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 88.2 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 94.4 55% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLK64V6H Kingston 99U5584-020.A00LF 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical H97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $149

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	159x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	115x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

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: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16