Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	135% 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 Drive	121% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 369 47% 354 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 207 Parallax 188 156% 195 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 291 293 301 301 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 483 Mixed 397 SusWrite 304 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.4 215% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 376 388 395 396 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 472 Mixed 400 SusWrite 383 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 67 227% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 811GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 377 392 398 398 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 460 Mixed 415 SusWrite 385 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.7 224% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 76GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 105 106 106 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 155 Write 118 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 105 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% 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	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 $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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16