Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	113% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140729
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 654 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 157 Parallax 145 115% 148 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 624GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 426 432 459 444 444 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 440 Mixed 416 SusWrite 437 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.1 168% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Seagate DJI Fly Drive 2TB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 14 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 14.4 23% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 185% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 847GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 98 100 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 103 Write 39.2 Mixed 42.6 SusWrite 90.9 86% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 44%
SanDisk Ultra 246GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 211GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 10 10 10 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 22.6 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 10.5 30% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.6 175% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 40%
Seagate DJI Fly Drive SD 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 60GB free, PID a021 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.6% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 31.7 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 12.2 36% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.7 116% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	178x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	153x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
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 $129Bench 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
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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