Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	115% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '20 at 12:08
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 417 58% 427 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 122 106% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 203 211 215 207 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 488 Mixed 400 SusWrite 208 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 63.2 213% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 98GB free Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 535 624 662 655 657 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,188 Write 863 Mixed 660 SusWrite 593 184% 826 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.2 202% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 656 548% 789 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 208%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 795GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 182 184 183 186 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 134 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 182 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 826GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 66 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 64.8 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 54%
Corsair Voyager SliderX2 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 67GB free, PID 1a16 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 131 139 140 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 206 Write 130 Mixed 104 SusWrite 133 182% 143 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.6 39% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1302 PSD34G16002 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1302 PSD34G16002 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 26%

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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	154x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
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 $139Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16