Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 08:26
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 664 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 77.2 68% 82.6 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 69.2 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 100 100 791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2338 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 77 (A3) Unknown 100 100 78 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28506 (A5) Unknown 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2765 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 222822 (F2) Unknown 100 100 349057 (F5) Unknown 100 100 456096	89.4% Excellent	Read 488 Write 378 Mixed 450 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 31 113% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 69 108% 203 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 635GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140222224 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4325233967 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3604535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 386924567 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 38654705687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 140222224 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 936302882736 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3465708512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2552817742	58.3% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.1 Mixed 89.9 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 240GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103130519 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1230390 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3965 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 60 319881235 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27746 (C2) HDA temperature 19 40 42949672979 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 52 103130519 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.8% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 58.9 Mixed 62.4 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97 Professional Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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