Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 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	May 17 '24 at 07:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 84.1 2-Core 142 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 272 32% 245 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% Asus(1043 0583) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.5.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 150 Parallax 168 87% 142 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 115 Splatting 79.7 78% 97.4 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: T87110D Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 415 Mixed 359 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 35.1 119% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 289 229% 319 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 542GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 78 74 48 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 88.7 Write 96.7 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 70.5 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2F4G64CB8HG5N-CG 2x4GB 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	10	205	57	170	23.8"	1920 1017	GBT2402 GIGABYTE G24F

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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 $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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