Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% 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 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 20:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 511 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1609 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 67.2 60% 72 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 60.5 56% 69 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 49 139 56 113 78 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 204 Write 87.7 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 92.2 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 10.5 48% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 306 299 303 302 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 495 Mixed 398 SusWrite 320 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67.1 233% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 349GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 102 104 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 113 Write 102 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 104 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 24 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

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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 $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 $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