Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.18% 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	85.2% 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	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.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '16 at 04:56
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 425 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 9.57 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 14.3 8% 11.8 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 12.5 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 426GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (A5) Unknown 100 100 327682 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 511 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 68 292059152413 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52 (F1) Unknown 253 253 50 (F2) Unknown 253 253 498 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 496 Write 287 Mixed 276 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 11.2 81% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 38.3 51% 87.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (A6) Unknown 100 100 58 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 110 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 92 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 193273528354 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8783 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3483 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2663	85.2% Excellent	Read 492 Write 412 Mixed 446 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 5.12 120% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 5.11 54% 117 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 40GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 530753374 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4447 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 82662588447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 56 51992014 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.4% Average	Read 76.1 Write 68.2 Mixed 75.6 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 35GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8625 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2976 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8560 (C2) HDA temperature 114 83 29 (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	37.8% Below average	Read 73.7 Write 57.8 Mixed 78.2 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 2,039 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 27GB free, PID a009 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 78.6 Mixed 75 101% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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