Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 01:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 76.7 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 196 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 399 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 66.3 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST3250620AS 240GB 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 144 166 169 163 110 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 510 Write 488 Mixed 380 SusWrite 175 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 39.6 145% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 191 188% 300 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 181 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 135 Mixed 85 SusWrite 181 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 5.3 10% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-017.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-079.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.4% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 296 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro3 - $124

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	46x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
SD9SB8W256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 71%, 676 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	11x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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