Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	39.2% 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	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 22% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 15:33
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	59%
CPU Throttled	22%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38.3% Below average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 41.2 31% 42.8 Pts	4-Core 72.1 8-Core 99.1 11% 85.6 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.2% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 61.6 33% 52.8 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 57.2 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2502 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1273 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 79600 (A5) Unknown 100 100 121 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 164 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 62482 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 415012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 801178 (F5) Unknown 100 100 636800	65.4% Good	Read 498 Write 359 Mixed 426 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 14.6 75% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 42.3 DQ Mixed 14.8 16% 26.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 35GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 95 66942360 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46798426 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 587 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70809 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6292127080257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44838035751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 253787810504	94.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 151 Mixed 135 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 63%

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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 $179	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