Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 18:14
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 29.9 2-Core 97.4 46% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 268 35% 262 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 041E) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.54% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 4.5 3% 4.47 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.83 5% 5.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.54% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 258 297 253 284 297 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 398 Write 375 Mixed 297 SusWrite 291 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 29.9 98% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 217 198% 302 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 291GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 124 119 125 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 97.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 66 SusWrite 122 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 199 214 198 209 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 19 21 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 99 Write 20.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 20.4 45% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.8 166% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 31%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 8.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% 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 Pro4 Builds (Compare 701 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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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 $52Bench 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: $710

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