Asrock H97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75% 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	76.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock H97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 04:15
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 652 71% 562 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

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: 465.89 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 110 Parallax 97.2 75% 99.8 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 87.3 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 66 68 71 58 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 513 Write 82.9 Mixed 140 SusWrite 70.2 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 38.3 134% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 97.1 105% 182 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 297GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 448 481 482 486 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 433 SusWrite 436 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 67.9 227% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 361 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 622GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 88.1 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M-ITX/ac - $200

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	35x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	34x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	21x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	20x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	12x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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