Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 15:11
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 389 46% 357 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 122 102% 123 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 108 Splatting 99.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11039 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1750 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1829962452978 (A6) Unknown 100 100 59 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 120 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 232 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 227634446366 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6623127408936 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19905 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43062 (F1) Unknown 253 253 28069 (F2) Unknown 253 253 33455 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58% Above average	Read 135 Write 281 Mixed 92.5 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 12.6 106% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 14.4 42% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 12GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 177 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 109782 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 25 (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	73.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 129 Mixed 128 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.3 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 61%

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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 910 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	32x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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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Total price: $725

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