Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 09:36
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 436 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.8 17% 19.8 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 16.1 17% 21.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 6925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2836 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63783 (C2) HDA temperature 110 109 40 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.4% Average	Read 95.1 Write 63.1 Mixed 89.3 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 37GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114777674 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4387 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 17213468151 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2324 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 8590065679 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 34982854693 (C2) HDA temperature 37 59 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 22 114777674 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 60 Mixed 59.6 47% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 60%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 8GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 92 98328061 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 808 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164582631 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2397 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 8082 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 47 10862696464427 (C2) HDA temperature 43 53 81604378667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 48 128818889 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.9% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 43.4 Mixed 40.6 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 295 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	42x

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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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