Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 09:39
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 215 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 604 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.3 62% 73.8 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 72 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 43 52 80 64 78 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47% Average	Read 122 Write 42.8 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 71.1 14% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 19.3 108% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 20.2 48% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 78%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 461 Write 240 Mixed 164 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 18.9 106% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 31.2 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 67 65 67 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 75.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-053.A00LF 16GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 901 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	270x
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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16