Asrock H97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	43.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 00:35
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 86.5 41% 65.7 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 243 27% 213 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.6% Average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 75.2 39% 61.1 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 73.6 52% 61.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 134 99 101 97 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 274 Write 286 Mixed 214 SusWrite 127 51% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 27.6 98% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 129 129% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 609GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 186 176 176 174 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 153 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 174 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.5 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 59%

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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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Typical H97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 520 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97 Anniversary

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	118x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	13x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	29x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $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) $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