Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 06:16
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 201 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 433 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224228216 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4333518783 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 51 791478319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6118 (C2) HDA temperature 47 49 51539607599 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 29192892713303 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8954804414 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109504148341	94.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 149 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 910GB free Firmware: 03.00C09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1417 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1339 (C2) HDA temperature 99 95 51 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 82.4 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.51 139% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID 008f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.01% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 4.73 Mixed 6.73 12% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.93 85% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.01% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

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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 $54Bench 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 $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