Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.29% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '22 at 02:25
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 490 53% 423 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 80%

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. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.29% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.1 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 7.6 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.29% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$105 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 446 467 451 463 461 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 470 Mixed 449 SusWrite 454 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 53.1 161% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 338 261% 355 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 137%
WD My Passport 264F 2TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 321 296 289 296 294 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 340 Write 361 Mixed 355 SusWrite 311 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 28.7 90% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 164 124% 166 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965432-054.A00LF 4x4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 84%

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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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Typical H97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16