Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	104% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock H97M Anniversary (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 14:28
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 414 49% 378 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 82.4 56% 71 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 77.4 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 288 278 289 292 297 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 428 Mixed 368 SusWrite 305 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 53 169% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 177 179 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 166 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 178 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
500 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 10 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 121 Write 12 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.7 32% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 54% 4.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 42%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 30GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 10 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 10.5 11% 8.85 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.4% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 70%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock H97M Anniversary

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	76x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	43x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	35x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	12x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	12x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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