Asrock H97 Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.8% 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	110% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140818
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 21:53
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 164 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 468 45% 373 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 19.9 18% 20.7 fps	MRender 51.9 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 44.6 39% 47.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 239 235 230 235 229 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 447 Mixed 385 SusWrite 253 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 57.2 189% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 352 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 175GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 383 433 433 434 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 455 Mixed 321 SusWrite 418 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 42.3 148% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 234 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 777GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 157 159 160 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 103 SusWrite 158 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 5.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 60%

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

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Typical H97 Anniversary Builds (Compare 528 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

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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	74x
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	49x
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 $38Bench 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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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 $178	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) $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