Asrock H97M Anniversary

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive84.9% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock H97M Anniversary  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180307
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateOct 30 '19 at 16:43
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 90.6
1-Core 96.9
2-Core 206
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 415
54% 404 Pts
64-Core 409
25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.4% Good
Lighting 88.1
Reflection 90.1
Parallax 80.1
72% 86.1 fps
MRender 85.6
Gravity 82.2
Splatting 72.7
65% 80.2 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 57 52 55 46 46 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Read 452
Write 428
Mixed 391
SusWrite 99.1
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 42.4
144% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 356
268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 121%
Hitachi H7220AA30SUN2.0T 1048M8XKHZ 2TB
316GB free
Firmware: JKAOA28A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 76 88 111 89 97 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58.9% Above average
Read 110
Write 109
Mixed 55.2
SusWrite 94.8
68% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
33.7% Below average
MC Read 11.4
MC Write 11.4
MC Mixed 9.2
30% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.5
SC Write 11.3
SC Mixed 10.6
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 33.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M Anniversary Builds (Compare 496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock H97M Anniversary

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $524
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