Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	107% 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	58.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 140 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 253 31% 239 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 118% 135 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 107932291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 24077586676715 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 491 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 8332 (BD) vendor-specific 32 48 64427655200 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 64427655200 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 107932291 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 107932291 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 107932291 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 86 86 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39734 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34623 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34623 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28723	58.3% Above average	Read 424 Write 134 Mixed 194 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 14.1 102% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 5.73 28% 59 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 178 48 340444 (03) Spinup time 181 171 1941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1576 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 195 152 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 7	81.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 129 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01S02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1166 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1401 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (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	47.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 87.6 Mixed 79.4 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 13.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Anniversary

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	80x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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