Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140916
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 05:06
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 591 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 46.7 31% 39.9 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 38.5 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 SATA M.2 240GB-$148 280 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 74 41 40 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 384 Write 252 Mixed 286 SusWrite 64.2 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 21.8 74% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 184 162% 242 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 90%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 31GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 249 170 237 179 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 351 Mixed 31 SusWrite 228 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.2 156% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 197 177% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 103%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 27GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 131 130 122 112 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 120 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 105%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 100 110 97 98 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 130 Write 101 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 102 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 40GB free Firmware: AM0P2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 66 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 42.7 Write 51 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 64.3 33% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Professional - $199

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
SSDSC2BB800H4 800GBIntelBench 84%, 43 samples	4x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk $79Bench 92%, 10,862 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $827

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