Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.4% 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 Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 02:09
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 183 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 331 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 46.8 31% 37.4 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 35.3 Splatting 34.2 26% 32 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G3SA754D117-485 240GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^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 100 100 525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42542 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 38273 (A5) Unknown 100 100 109 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 16 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3927	70.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 266 Mixed 285 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 18.2 94% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 13.8 50% 102 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 97%
WD WD1602ABKS-18N8A0 160GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4GB free Firmware: 02.03B04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 176 1191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2869 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (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	38.4% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 66.8 Mixed 67.2 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 70%

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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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16