Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	99.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 05:35
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 657 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 193 Parallax 193 148% 189 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 415 109 79 125 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 554 Write 543 Mixed 499 SusWrite 211 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 43.8 154% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 314 254% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 157%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 100GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 273 350 351 357 345 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 371 Mixed 282 SusWrite 313 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 35.3 135% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 248 208% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 98%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 115GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 181 203 206 191 182 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 445 Write 349 Mixed 298 SusWrite 194 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 39.6 144% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 183 180% 286 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 104%
Asmedia ASMT1153e 120GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 78GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 139 138 140 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 379 Write 360 Mixed 292 SusWrite 151 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 23.5 75% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 126 98% 132 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 893GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 1163 1148 1176 1193 1189 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,363 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,002 SusWrite 1170 266% 1,182 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 80.1 262% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 658 DQ Mixed 723 543% 727 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 354%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 698GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 55 51 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 34 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 54.5 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 42%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 188 190 180 188 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 175 Write 188 Mixed 107 SusWrite 181 221% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 86%
Corsair Voyager 16GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 1ab1, Corsair Flash Voyager Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 14 14 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Read 27 Write 14.5 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 14.3 22% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C11-4GISL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-1600C11-4GISL 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 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 $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