Asrock H97M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140430
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '15 at 11:47
Run Duration	72 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 106 2-Core 199 70% 152 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 380 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 50% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 47 227635167277 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 77902321 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2446454 (F8) Unknown 100 100 472185	99.4% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 338 Mixed 404 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 27.8 148% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 65.1 119% 236 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2430752 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2471 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 62 639893542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 115964117030 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35828617183232 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3153966 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1711122	85.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 161 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 114%

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Typical H97M Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 16%

Surfboard

Desktop 70%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	14x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	8x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	4x
99U5471-050.A00LF 2x8GBKingstonBench 55%, 1,731 samples	3x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $315

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Asrock H97M

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)