Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	136% 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	91.2% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 02:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 97.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 256 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 391 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 209 Parallax 188 156% 196 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 190 Splatting 137 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS350 120GB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 255 81 82 87 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 263 Mixed 328 SusWrite 149 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.8 171% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 187 164% 242 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 82%
Apacer AS350 240GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 143GB free Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 99 75 72 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 442 Mixed 426 SusWrite 120 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 37 186% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 48.9 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 123GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 250 88 98 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 373 Write 420 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 168 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 3.3 105% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 32.8 87% 179 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 86%
SQF-S25M8-120G-ING 120GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free Firmware: S8FM06B7 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 80.2 Write 198 Mixed 97.3 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 20.3 107% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.9 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 58.9 65% 106 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Micron 16KTF51264AZ-1G6M1 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2200, 2200 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 82%

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

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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 $130Bench 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 $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 $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