Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140709
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 231 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 412 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 82.5 65% 84.4 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 95.6 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	59.7% Above average	Read 353 Write 203 Mixed 202 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 14.5 88% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 47.3 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 56GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	81.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 134 Mixed 135 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 60%

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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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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Professional - $199

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
SSDSC2BB800H4 800GBIntelBench 84%, 43 samples	4x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk $79Bench 92%, 10,862 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16