Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 02:49
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 175 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 464 49% 390 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 104 83% 105 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 79 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD128HCFV-000H7 128GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 137 138 146 175 335 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 367 Write 129 Mixed 197 SusWrite 183 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.8 146% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 130 124% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 105%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 103GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 89 86 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 88.1 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 87%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 92GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 104 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 66 SusWrite 102 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 58%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 588GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 82 96 75 87 75 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 107 Write 58.8 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 86.4 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 69%

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 296 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	66x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16