Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 11:34
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 404 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 109% 138 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 126 Splatting 110 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 792GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 4583 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7294 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2064 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 115997 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 126 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 137 134 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 63080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7585 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7653 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.9% Poor	Read 52.6 Write 40.9 Mixed 44.5 35% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 49%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 40GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 21.6 Mixed 16.2 27% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 41%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 0GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 26.1 Mixed 18.5 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.27 48% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 11,344 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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 $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