Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 602 67% 527 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 74.7 62% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 73 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 256GB-$419 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19812556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 113644834662654 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4320 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 95 42955898917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19812556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19812556 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19812556 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22870 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13470 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13470 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12108	81.7% Excellent	Read 402 Write 227 Mixed 233 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 25.4 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 73.6 106% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 267GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 25789202729 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4143 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749085733 (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 200 200 0	86% Excellent	Read 156 Write 144 Mixed 159 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 84GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3313 (03) Spinup time 140 137 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4107 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9787 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 39 (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 142043 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50% Above average	Read 76.2 Write 98 Mixed 99.6 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 0112 78.B1GE3.4210C 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%

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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	271x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	239x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	51x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16