Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 08:37
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 228 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 486 67% 494 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.3 83% 104 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 100 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 304 308 290 205 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 491 Mixed 399 SusWrite 261 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.8 219% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 179GB free Firmware: LSF036C SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 119 104 106 105 105 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.4% Very good	Read 182 Write 274 Mixed 282 SusWrite 120 49% 214 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 44.6 151% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 148 135% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 408GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 117 117 118 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 95.3 Write 101 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 116 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 199GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 137 Mixed 77 SusWrite 113 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 22GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 5.8 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.8 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 71.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 11 SusWrite 7 22% 24 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 35% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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