Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.6% 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	26.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	May 09 '23 at 01:29
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 106 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 496 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Sapphire(174B A548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.6% Below average	Lighting 51.5 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 45.8 42% 51.2 fps	MRender 40.3 Gravity 46.6 Splatting 41.4 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 46%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 142 35 17 87 22 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.7% Poor	Read 133 Write 78.4 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 68.5 21% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 12.5 47% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 18.7 25% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown i-DIMM 3x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%

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

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 283 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	89x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	71x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
i-DIMM 3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 14 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	9x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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