Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 22:28
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 730 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1619 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 68.3 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 60.2 56% 69.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 87 32 29 28 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 372 Write 360 Mixed 299 SusWrite 62.9 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 169 141% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 166 171 169 165 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 101 SusWrite 163 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 169GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 28 27 28 27 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 5 Write 31.8 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 24 13% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.5 191% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Professional - $199

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
SSDSC2BB800H4 800GBIntelBench 84%, 43 samples	4x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk $79Bench 92%, 10,862 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $827

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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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