Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '21 at 19:33
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 210 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 410 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2087 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 68.9 63% 73.3 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 68.2 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 111 69 82 74 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 309 Write 260 Mixed 236 SusWrite 89.4 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 26.7 118% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 156 135% 195 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 108 111 108 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 108 Write 117 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 106 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 69%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.57% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 4 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.1 9% 8.42 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.57% Great: 6%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 12 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 18 Write 10 Mixed 7 SusWrite 12.5 15% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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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 - $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