Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock H97M Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150727
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateFeb 26 '22 at 03:44
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 87%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 104
2-Core 203
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 535
56% 452 Pts
64-Core 537
33% 537 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 158
Reflection 178
Parallax 170
129% 169 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 167
Splatting 117
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
177GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 394 420 413 394 447 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 415
Write 464
Mixed 274
SusWrite 416
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 56.6
170% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 362
272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 112%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 106 115 116 140 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
60% Good
Read 97.8
Write 126
Mixed 71.4
SusWrite 112
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 60%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
57.4% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 17.8
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 18.2
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M Anniversary Builds (Compare 496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock H97M Anniversary

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $524
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