Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 02:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 452 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 76.7 79% 87 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 81.2 Splatting 76.4 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S600 120GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: HC0810H1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 271 83 77 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 384 Write 473 Mixed 387 SusWrite 138 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 27.9 139% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 89 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 37.8 61% 113 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 79%
HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 361 437 442 442 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 421 Mixed 353 SusWrite 392 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 19.7 124% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 23.8 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 100%
Kingston SA400M8120G 120GB 7,130 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 114 76 76 76 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 390 Mixed 350 SusWrite 104 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 38 162% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 191 170% 252 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 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	269x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	238x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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