Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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)
Boot Drive	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '23 at 12:08
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$35 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 500 51% 413 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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: 1300 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 88.6 57% 73 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 45 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 170 158 157 150 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 384 Mixed 364 SusWrite 194 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 46 151% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 253% 321 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 46 Write 48.7 Mixed 33 SusWrite 64.2 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 260GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 63 63 64 65 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 101 Write 78 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 64.3 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 140 141 140 141 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 133 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 141 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%

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	36.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

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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	180x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	156x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	154x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	110x
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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16