Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 459 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 92% 114 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 109 Splatting 93.8 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G5LC709B121-510 120GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 120 121 118 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 400 Write 128 Mixed 197 SusWrite 118 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.9 152% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 135 104% 140 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 76%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 186GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 455 469 479 479 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 482 Mixed 458 SusWrite 462 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.9 209% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 273GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 92 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 82 SusWrite 92.2 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 285 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	72x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
i-DIMM 3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 14 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	9x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353