Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% 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	87.5% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 14:26
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 599 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2976) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 57.3 52% 61.6 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 59 Splatting 51.5 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 424 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3485709039	87.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 385 Mixed 409 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 25 140% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.9 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 117 76% 86 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29383577 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10086 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 42 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4458655194 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4664 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 115 (BE) vendor-specific 77 42 81991499799 (C2) HDA temperature 23 58 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 15 29383577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102473624690945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2653271167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3551992506	59.4% Above average	Read 113 Write 94.3 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.53 118% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 657GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 156 7833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1264 (C2) HDA temperature 128 92 24 (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 1	43.9% Average	Read 81.4 Write 71.2 Mixed 72.3 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 615GB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34386608539 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2050 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4540 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 240518758423 (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	49.2% Average	Read 83.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 73.6 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31500341AS 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 325GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 179 173 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30127 (C2) HDA temperature 128 104 22 (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	46.7% Average	Read 74.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 84.3 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 20GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns

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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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16