Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '21 at 19:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 221 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 663 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 145 Parallax 134 95% 132 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 138 Splatting 121 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M9 512GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 126GB free Firmware: 1.07 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 354 347 380 377 373 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,151 Write 435 Mixed 365 SusWrite 375 128% 581 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 68.8 207% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 427 344% 501 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 244%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 484 Mixed 321 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.2 190% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 176 181% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Ssdpr-cl 100-120-G2 120GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free Firmware: V4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 72 72 72 73 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 483 Write 342 Mixed 322 SusWrite 97.8 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 26.5 136% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 35.7 67% 131 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 206GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 171 170 170 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 162 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 167 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 8005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 11 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	5.15% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 9.2 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 11.4 12% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.15% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.4 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 119%

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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 902 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	270x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16