Asrock H97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.7% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '21 at 19:33
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	Memory 71.4 1-Core 31.4 2-Core 42.3 36% 48.4 Pts	4-Core 94.8 8-Core 274 20% 184 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 4.5 4% 4.47 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 27 63 22 70 43 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.7% Below average	Read 139 Write 88 Mixed 167 SusWrite 59 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 18.1 69% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 95.4 86% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 85%
Asrock RAM Disk 0GB 0GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3,542 Write 2,110 Mixed 4,504 756% 3,385 MB/s	4K Read 700 4K Write 712 4K Mixed 729 2,372% 714 MB/s	DQ Read 1,585 DQ Write 1,410 DQ Mixed 438 618% 1,144 MB/s

WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 54 60 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 53.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 57.7 37% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 47%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 10.3 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 10.7 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 63% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 30%
Generic External 500GB 1,039 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 162GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 24 22 26 26 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 7.7 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 24.6 26% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-437.A00LF 2x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.7 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 51%

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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%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M-ITX/ac - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	35x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	34x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	12x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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