Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	258% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 09:35
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 233 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 650 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 77.2 67% 82.5 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 70.7 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1208 1210 1232 1187 1088 1079 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 2,032 Mixed 1,310 SusWrite 1,167 363% 1,618 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 79.4 243% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 615 DQ Mixed 705 530% 711 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 321%
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 626GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 434 435 433 435 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 429 Mixed 308 SusWrite 433 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 40.9 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 198 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 629GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 102 70% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 607GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 109 115 116 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 112 65% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 154 158 158 156 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 50.8 Write 81.3 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 154 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.4 183% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 43%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: $823

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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16