Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	152% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140513
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 02:05
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 193 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 465 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 4069) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 208 Parallax 199 182% 210 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 156 Splatting 138 129% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 450 Mixed 300 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 45.6 168% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 178 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 181GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 283 302 282 296 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 218 Write 110 Mixed 113 SusWrite 292 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 15 64% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 23.7 DQ Mixed 21.6 17% 22.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 73GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 142 138 147 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 164 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 142 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 91GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 97 101 101 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 83.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 99.7 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 296 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	66x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	46x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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Total price: $772

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 $178	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