Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	640 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 15:50
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	77.5% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.5% 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)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 6.8 3% 23.4 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 15 44 16 144 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 422 Write 344 Mixed 241 SusWrite 90.9 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 10.3 54% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 29.6 40% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 55%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 10GB free, PID 5590, Sandisk Ultra Dual 16GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 15 11 10 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 125 Write 34.4 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 15.2 62% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.6 224% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 HMT451U6BFR8A-PB Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 5R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	25%	60	279	197	60	18.7"	1366 768	LEN0A14 LEN D186wA

History: Score 24: 2R 3G 5B | Score 41: 5R 3G 7B

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

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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 $129Bench 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) $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