Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 10:58
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 199 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 538 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.7 40% 44.3 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 36.5 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2495 (0C) Power cycle count 75 75 24401 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64075620890
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 173GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387919279 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 26430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 24786 (C0) Power-off retract count 75 75 30218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 30218 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 188979544096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	11.4% Very poor	Read 160 Write 71.5 Mixed 67.5 22% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.16 2% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 14%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 528GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8791 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27141 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 75 75 25663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26991 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 118 Write 105 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.54 150% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 718GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 39.8 52% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 904 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro4 - $77

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	271x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	239x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
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 $44Bench 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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Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16