Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	122% 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 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 00:23
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 642 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 118% 144 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 141 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 46GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 346 342 342 345 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 395 SusWrite 328 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.2 220% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 318 239% 319 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 300GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 348 343 344 347 345 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 170 Mixed 269 SusWrite 330 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.5 212% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 236 192% 275 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 126%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 112GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 81 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 476 Mixed 369 SusWrite 115 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.7 168% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 142 157% 263 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 296 293 303 292 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 495 Mixed 391 SusWrite 289 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.7 223% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 322 243% 326 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 174 173 177 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 172 Mixed 103 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 117GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 9.5 10 7.3 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	8.97% Terrible	Read 29.9 Write 12 Mixed 6 SusWrite 10 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 2.7 125% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.97% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 27.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 70%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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