Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.5% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 14:39
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 731 78% 619 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 133 Parallax 120 92% 122 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 300GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4193 (A8) Unknown 100 100 40 (AA) Unknown 100 100 663 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983066 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1688 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 29 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11273	72.6% Very good	Read 500 Write 342 Mixed 349 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 8.96 95% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 8.14 38% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 101%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900711 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 207 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 404 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 894	65.6% Good	Read 347 Write 437 Mixed 94.1 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 7.03 58% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 69.7 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 15 64% 135 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 LENOVO 500GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 440GB free Firmware: MS1OA7R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896698545 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 877 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3682 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3682 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158915166240 (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 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 154 Mixed 169 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 105%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 332GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 44 108% 89 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.29 30% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 52%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,276 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	6.97% Terrible	Read 27.9 Write 5.53 Mixed 8.78 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.21 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 27% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.97% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 24GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $40	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