Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 09:20
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 626 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 65.2 58% 69.8 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 59.2 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 99276954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -101953933648794 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1337 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 8 8 92 (BD) vendor-specific 25 41 68722163737 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 68722163737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 99276954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 99276954 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 99276954 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31881 (EA) Unknown 0 0 30821 (F1) Unknown 0 0 30821 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16929	73.7% Very good	Read 491 Write 239 Mixed 285 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 16.1 114% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 15.3 47% 103 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 58 180388626458 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 607 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5878845870 (F7) Unknown 100 100 187041609 (F8) Unknown 100 100 912714259	83% Excellent	Read 491 Write 268 Mixed 348 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 18.4 121% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 49.7 96% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$57 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 161 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7788 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 27 (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	57.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 91 Mixed 121 82% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 DDR3 1600 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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