Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.7% 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	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '22 at 00:25
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 203 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 397 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.7% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 34 Parallax 42.6 28% 37.2 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 24.5 23% 29 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 213 211 205 209 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 342 Write 190 Mixed 229 SusWrite 202 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 40.2 133% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 199 156% 218 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 491GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 168 168 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 141 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 169 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1866 2x4GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 297 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	67x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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