Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '19 at 13:37
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 536 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 94.7 59% 79.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 56.6 53% 66.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 500GB 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 268 177 175 180 177 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 437 Write 428 Mixed 349 SusWrite 236 269% 362 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.5 10,041% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 307 2,892% 324 MB/s

WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 951GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 52.3 Write 54 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 39.5 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 297GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 66 69 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 65 Write 88.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 66.9 44% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 42GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 53 Write 47.5 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 43.1 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-002.A01LF 99U5471-039.A00LF 99U5471-002.A01LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.3% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 36%

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Typical H97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,134 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Pro4 - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	179x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	153x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
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 $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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