Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	15.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 09:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 434 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.8 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 37 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 414 414 395 398 404 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 582 Write 562 Mixed 554 SusWrite 442 120% 535 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.3 181% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 739 542% 712 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 294 295 297 297 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 420 Mixed 360 SusWrite 307 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59.3 188% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 586GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 148 147 148 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 160 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 148 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK7559GSXF 750GB 1,514 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 24GB free Firmware: GQ108B SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 41 44 25 5.3 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 35.7 Mixed 11 SusWrite 25.7 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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