Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 09:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 246 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 659 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1773 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 80.2 68% 85.5 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 73.7 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 152 153 152 155 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 355 Mixed 404 SusWrite 185 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55.5 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 356 262% 345 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
Sandisk SD6SP1M256G1102 256GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free Firmware: X231302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 216 174 107 86 84 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.7% Good	Read 237 Write 226 Mixed 159 SusWrite 150 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 33.4 129% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 100 101% 162 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 100%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 108GB free Firmware: JA0OA4D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 14 12 12 15 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 1.5 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 12.1 3% 4.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 57%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 148GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 83 87 74 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 88 Write 73.5 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 82.4 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 899 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	269x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	238x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16