Asrock H97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock H97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 02:15
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 196 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 644 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.7.4 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 61.3 39% 47.3 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 40.3 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 278 259 270 289 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 476 Mixed 385 SusWrite 296 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.2 197% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 902GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 183 185 184 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 148 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 184 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 674GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 105 105 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 114 Write 75.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 106 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 84%
Generic MicroSD/M2 32GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 29GB free, PID 6465 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 6 6 6 7.2 6 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	7.88% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 4.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 6.3 11% 9.77 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 90% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.88% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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 $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) $30	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