Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 10:33
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 640 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3749) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.8 89% 104 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 299 198 191 188 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 487 Mixed 384 SusWrite 239 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.5 218% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 110GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 380 418 430 427 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 470 Mixed 435 SusWrite 407 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 68.6 226% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 255 211% 302 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 177 175 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 132 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 175 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 196 195 193 196 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 184 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 194 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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%

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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