Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 04:50
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 417 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.9 84% 104 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 86 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 318 179 176 170 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 334 Write 325 Mixed 275 SusWrite 220 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 53.4 155% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 239 180% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 968GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 414 437 449 451 449 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 428 Mixed 372 SusWrite 433 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.7 168% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 153 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 152 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.3 251% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 139 139 141 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 136 Write 142 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 140 166% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 70%

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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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Typical Z97 Professional Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: $827

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