Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 13:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 679 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3162) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 80.8 75% 90.1 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 110 Splatting 97.1 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,368 Write 4,659 Mixed 4,466 1,076% 4,831 MB/s	4K Read 593 4K Write 285 4K Mixed 375 1,531% 418 MB/s	DQ Read 1,323 DQ Write 886 DQ Mixed 939 745% 1,049 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 147GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 523 591 388 387 386 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 722 Write 548 Mixed 615 SusWrite 416 129% 575 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 88.3 294% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 1,108 720% 839 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 302%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 134 135 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 104 Write 74.7 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 134 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 176GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 161 160 159 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 143 Mixed 108 SusWrite 156 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 64%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 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 $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 $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