Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '16 at 22:39
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 574 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 42.6 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 62.1 35% 44.6 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 37.1 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP33 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47368744 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 208 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 68991673818 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2021684055 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 17751998493 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43476 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 208 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 146 Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.3 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 469 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 279GB free, PID 0577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 41.1 54% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.33 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 29GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 81.4 Write 93.2 Mixed 89.6 116% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.13 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 49%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 11GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 101 Mixed 90 119% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.14 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 49%
ST310005 20AS 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 3GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 41.7 Mixed 40.6 53% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 61% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB HMT451U6AFR8A-PB 12GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 58%

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

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Typical H97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,140 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

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 $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16