Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 13:45
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 487 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 73.5 62% 75.2 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 72.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 311 310 299 299 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 488 Mixed 446 SusWrite 314 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.9 197% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 148 128% 195 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Gigabyte UD PRO 512GB-$47 3,305 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 477GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 211 229 229 229 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 352 Mixed 396 SusWrite 260 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.9 169% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 189 188% 300 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 718GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 173 174 174 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 179 Mixed 102 SusWrite 173 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1600C11 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 296 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro3 - $124

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	46x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
SD9SB8W256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 71%, 676 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	11x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16