Asrock H97M-ITX/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 H97M-ITX/ac (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '16 at 04:06
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460S 10,941 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 353 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 6.12 Parallax 5.84 3% 5.21 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.48 5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ACSC2M064S25 63GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20151120 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 98 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 49421 (A5) Unknown 100 100 69 (A6) Unknown 100 100 17 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10584 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10137 (F5) Unknown 100 100 54771	61% Good	Read 465 Write 182 Mixed 260 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 3.39 86% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 23.6 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 13 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572325922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 494 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 190 Mixed 166 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 117 117 17192714435 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1275 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 167504969765 (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 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 176 Mixed 160 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 551GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170962777 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1486683 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 54 4295032881 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 589168674 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 14 170962777 (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 87119116646284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2333173345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 649248940	61.6% Good	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.54 122% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 262 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 74 74 19433 (F1) Unknown 200 200 19872735059 (F2) Unknown 200 200 30667528978	69.1% Good	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.46 115% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim 500GB 487 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 440GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 85.1 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.41 85% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18KSF51272AZ-1G6K1 0467 RMR5030KD68F9F1600 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

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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 $94Bench 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: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16