Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 578 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 16.2 12% 14.4 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 27 Splatting 21.7 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 307 335 411 423 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 426 Mixed 327 SusWrite 360 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 38.9 152% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 270 202% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 439GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 315 346 435 453 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 438 Mixed 293 SusWrite 380 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.8 192% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 285 221% 304 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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