Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive94.8% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Pro4  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160527
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMay 24 '18 at 17:52
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 52%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 87.3
1-Core 103
2-Core 200
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 566
56% 458 Pts
64-Core 605
38% 605 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 140
Parallax 135
112% 137 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 128
Splatting 101
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Read 772
Write 180
Mixed 296
90% 416 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 98.3
4K Mixed 29
129% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 443
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 62.4
114% 232 MB/s
Poor: 97%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 195%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
32GB free
Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
66.3% Good
Read 496
Write 213
Mixed 345
77% 352 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 57.2
4K Mixed 19.2
86% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 69.5
DQ Mixed 59.4
73% 134 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 66.3%
Great: 76%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100
2TB free
Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 138
Mixed 162
120% 159 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.78
4K Mixed 0.21
85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
53.4% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 17.2
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 14.8
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro4 - $77

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $725
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