Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 727 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26903 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 224 (B1) Unknown 91 91 183 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 207491560528
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 73194833590997 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 410 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4624772 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 410 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 375790 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 375790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 969489 (F9) Unknown 100 100 12776	75.3% Very good	Read 494 Write 122 Mixed 184 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21.1 139% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 48.7 70% 132 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 173 5683 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1852 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 228539 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.1% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 83%
WD WD1502FYPS-01U1B1 1.5TB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1TB free Firmware: 04.01G01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 222 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1606 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 101 101 297361 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 67 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 115 Write 98.8 Mixed 79.7 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.37 129% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 6GB free, PID b2b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	8% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 4.31 Mixed 6.07 10% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 2.77 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.79 77% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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	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 $80Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16