Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	13 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 14:32
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 183 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 337 45% 334 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74% 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)	60.1% Good	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 65.7 60% 71.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 75.3 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 457 356 252 251 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 320 Mixed 388 SusWrite 313 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 44.7 171% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 44.1 112% 235 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%
Ct1000bx 50 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 925GB free Firmware: M6CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 427 441 448 447 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 461 Mixed 414 SusWrite 418 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 27.7 158% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 26.2 83% 175 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 91%
Inateck 750GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 443GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 113 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 73 SusWrite 113 144% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% 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%

Jet ski

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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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