Asrock H97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160613
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 566 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 86% 107 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 88.2 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 160GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 73091754349705 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4699 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3532 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 377651 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 377651 (F2) Unknown 100 100 503518 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11473	62.6% Good	Read 484 Write 199 Mixed 288 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 9.25 73% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 69.7 96% 178 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5164 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2107 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25145913296	93.3% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 391 Mixed 410 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 35 115% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 119 141% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 70.7 74% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 7.94 4K Mixed 0.59 248% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 489GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 227 8533 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6118 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12464 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 87.4 Write 78.6 Mixed 81 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.52 130% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19023 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6650 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19042 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 63.1 Mixed 59.4 49% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 69%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 16GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 19.6 Mixed 15 23% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.93 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 2.11 190% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 86%

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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	178x
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
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	27x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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