Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.1% 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	85.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 06:01
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 580 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 6.44 3% 5.51 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.39 5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 3%
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 30.2 19% 23.2 fps	MRender 16.8 Gravity 21.9 Splatting 21 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^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 11723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 196 (AE) Unknown 100 100 901 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 48 223339479075 (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 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37604586009 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1193103993 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2100284968	85.2% Excellent	Read 512 Write 329 Mixed 391 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 20.6 130% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 20.3 55% 108 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue SSHD 1TB (2015)-$22 867 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 755GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 164 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 43235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 349550 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 33 (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	54% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 110 Mixed 94.8 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1601 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 77%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	87x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	70x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	37x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
i-DIMM 3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 14 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	9x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $771

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 $179	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