Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '19 at 12:14
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 684 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 66.8 51% 65.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 54.1 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 102 143 126 143 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 290 Write 166 Mixed 210 SusWrite 130 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.7 157% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 175 147% 216 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%
Kingston SMSR150S3256G 128GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free Firmware: S8FM04.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 182 183 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 469 Write 185 Mixed 208 SusWrite 182 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 20.3 119% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 58.2 78% 139 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 68%
Transcend MTS800 M.2 64GB-$52 197 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 51GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 481 Write 77.7 Mixed 128 SusWrite 76.3 41% 191 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 36.2 132% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 89.4 73% 107 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 461GB free Firmware: 0410 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 104 103 104 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 36.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 99.4 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 130 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 119 SusWrite 129 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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