Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive107% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Pro4  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160527
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 08 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 119
2-Core 241
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 464
62% 460 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.3
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
63% Good
Lighting 79.9
Reflection 57.9
Parallax 104
65% 80.7 fps
MRender 58.7
Gravity 79.7
Splatting 75
59% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 63%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 411030WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 262 265 265 267 262 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 453
Mixed 320
SusWrite 267
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 50.6
181% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 253
212% 310 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 107%
Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 204 204 203 196 200 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 202
Write 165
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 201
120% 164 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 115%
Great: 114%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB
906GB free
Firmware: 03.00C09
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 104 103 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 112
Write 105
Mixed 72.2
SusWrite 103
72% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
36% Below average
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 12.2
MC Mixed 10.6
33% 11.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 10.8
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 36%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro4 - $77

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $725
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