Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.2% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150116
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 08:06
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 103 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 400 47% 363 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 66.8 42% 50.7 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 27.7 31% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 216 231 233 241 236 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 310 Write 295 Mixed 249 SusWrite 232 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 24.7 100% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 294 217% 287 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 192 203 206 216 207 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 320 Write 87.5 Mixed 150 SusWrite 204 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 20.4 72% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 97.4 DQ Mixed 32.6 43% 77.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 97%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 466GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	15.8% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 39.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 33.8 8% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 10.7 36% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 25.4 DQ Mixed 26.7 20% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 97%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 866GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 146 148 149 149 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 293 Write 281 Mixed 228 SusWrite 151 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 14.1 52% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 114 81% 104 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 214GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 135 141 142 144 142 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 108 Write 128 Mixed 68 SusWrite 133 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 217% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 90%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 406GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 122 121 122 123 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 74.7 Write 82 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 122 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 68%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 582GB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 179 182 189 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 209 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 182 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 252% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Adata HV300 4TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 127GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 94 95 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 88 Write 84.3 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 95.9 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1302 1600 CL9 Series 32GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 77%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock H97 Pro4 - $287

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	138x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	90x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	44x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	31x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	29x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	24x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	20x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $709

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16