Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	268% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 08:31
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 656 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 77.7 68% 83 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 71 62% 77.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM981 Samsu 1TB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 649GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1179 1064 1145 1123 1151 1139 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,017 Write 2,116 Mixed 1530 SusWrite 1,134 382% 1699 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 81.4 274% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 721 543% 731 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 321%
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 626GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 430 433 432 432 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 423 Mixed 305 SusWrite 432 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 41 144% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 198 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 629GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 62 SusWrite 102 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 607GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 123 121 120 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 121 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 155 156 157 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 45.2 Write 47.5 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 154 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 90%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 21GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 59 38 24 23 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 158 Write 54.3 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 36.4 87% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.7 155% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 39%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 3,394 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 5.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.67% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 5.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 5.7 10% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 10%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 102 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 59 SusWrite 102 122% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Professional - $199

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
SSDSC2BB800H4 800GBIntelBench 84%, 43 samples	4x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk $79Bench 92%, 10,862 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $827

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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