Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '24 at 23:10
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 121 50% 83.2 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 214 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	2.94% Terrible	Lighting 3.2 Reflection 2.2 Parallax 5.6 3% 3.67 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 4.3 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.94% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 51.6 32% 41.5 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 23.4 25% 31.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 400 Write 350 Mixed 339 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 26.9 94% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 234 178% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 129 127 128 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 146 Write 121 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]110(E/F) 2x8GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	22	1	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0A84 S24C230

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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	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	156x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $673

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16