Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	108% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 04:28
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$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 (87^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 402 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 121 Parallax 124 106% 125 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 122 Splatting 99 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 281 106 87 88 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 412 Mixed 355 SusWrite 174 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.8 199% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 19GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 439 Mixed 411 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.4 205% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 14GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 470 Mixed 445 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 869GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 435 455 471 472 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 470 Mixed 452 SusWrite 452 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 56.8 198% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 79GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 81 82 85 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 75 SusWrite 82.2 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	89x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	70x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
i-DIMM 3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 14 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	9x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16