Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 474 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 101 Parallax 100 78% 98.9 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 77.6 67% 83 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 136 125 121 113 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 489 Mixed 393 SusWrite 156 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.9 207% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.05G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 77 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 75.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 77.4 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 32.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.7 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 24.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 63%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $725

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