Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.2% 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)
Boot Drive	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '21 at 18:09
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 627 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Asus(1043 0496) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 27.2 18% 25.1 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 24.5 19% 23.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 74 68 58 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 240 Write 90.7 Mixed 117 SusWrite 69.8 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 19.7 71% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 66.8 59% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 45%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 77 96 104 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 89.1 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$93 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 163GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 125 125 122 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 124 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 93 96 96 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 88.5 Write 83.7 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 91.2 113% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1 180% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 96%
IS917 innostor 64GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 21GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.19% Terrible	Read 11 Write 10.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 10.4 15% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-185.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-185.A00LF 12GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 60%

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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 909 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	273x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	240x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	109x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	32x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16