Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% 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	113% 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	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 Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 22:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 390 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

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: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 68.4 59% 71.7 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 67 56% 68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 401 401 405 398 397 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 565 Write 403 Mixed 424 SusWrite 384 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 39.2 140% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 486 376% 520 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 142%
SanDisk U110 128GB-$69 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 117GB free Firmware: U221000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 330 332 316 325 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 402 Write 311 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 307 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 12.4 51% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 18.8 DQ Mixed 19.1 16% 23.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 158 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 158 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 379GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 63 Mixed 24.7 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 8,627 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 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 $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