Asrock H97 Performance

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Performance (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 10:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 100 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 383 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 71.4 67% 78.4 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 74.2 61% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 95 100 103 101 95 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.7% Good	Read 266 Write 142 Mixed 174 SusWrite 100 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 30.9 122% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 163 130% 182 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 24 24 27 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 47.5 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 30.7 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% 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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Typical H97 Performance Builds (Compare 500 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock H97 Performance - $171

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	16x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 1,884 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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