Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.7% 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, 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 @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '22 at 22:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 391 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% 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: 2227 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 70.4 63% 73.9 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 69.3 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$15 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 112 53 84 52 44 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 295 Write 134 Mixed 234 SusWrite 96.8 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 31.5 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 147 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 99.3 Write 110 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 113 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% 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: 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	0.62% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1.1 1% 1.02 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 0.62% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0215 CMD8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.8% 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 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	156x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	155x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	111x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	77x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x

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	27x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16