Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 14:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 178 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 382 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 65.7 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 74.3 60% 73 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 420 Write 481 Mixed 360 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 44.2 170% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 43.7 111% 234 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Ct1000bx 50 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 925GB free Firmware: M6CR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 515 Write 463 Mixed 414 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 28.3 159% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 27 83% 173 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 91%
Inateck 750GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 443GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 73.5 136% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

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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 299 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro3 - $124

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	48x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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 i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369