Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 03:50
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 194 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 493 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 164 Parallax 148 101% 145 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 128 Splatting 95.6 93% 116 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 110GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6192 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12598869773	112% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 418 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 48.3 176% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 30.5 92% 199 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7967 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1026 (B1) Unknown 96 96 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12404788366	84.4% Excellent	Read 486 Write 340 Mixed 327 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 22.3 131% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 56.5 66% 108 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 6931 (0A) Spinup retry count 115 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4219 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389543971 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5373 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 216 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 165 Write 143 Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.33 119% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143151 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2812 (F1) Unknown 200 200 26557002836 (F2) Unknown 200 200 26963645991	94.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 155 Mixed 150 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 109%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 9.87 Mixed 16.4 20% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 1.32 98% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro4 - $77

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	269x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	238x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	23x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	34x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	26x

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Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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