Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 238 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PwrHis(1787 2266) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 8.09 9% 9.69 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 7.73 Splatting 12.5 8% 9.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,364 Write 4,918 Mixed 4,528 1,170% 5,270 MB/s	4K Read 353 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 270 1,005% 285 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 682 514% 691 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 52GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 101 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 466 Write 105 Mixed 135 SusWrite 106 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 10.6 51% 13.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 168GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 61.4 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 92.1 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 147GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 81 81 85 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 89 Write 54.2 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 82.6 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,025 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1601 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 17.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 277 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	87x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	70x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	37x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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