Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	104% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 20:47
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 558 61% 482 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 65.2 62% 71.5 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 68 Splatting 57.8 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 101GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24948 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3548 (B1) Unknown 88 88 417 (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 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1518 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36378508944	68.4% Good	Read 499 Write 211 Mixed 361 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 19.2 94% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 59.9 72% 132 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 773 Write 190 Mixed 318 93% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 32.1 157% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 63.1 116% 239 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 195%
Samsung HD754JJ 750GB 741 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 243GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9219 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5785 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36243 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5101 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 180389609506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 135 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 50139	58.8% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 112 Mixed 111 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 120GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 84 35760958 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 662676327 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3825 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 622723108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 50 196753715 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 67 Mixed 60.6 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

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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	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) $35	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