Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.4% 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	77% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 17:03
Run Duration	357 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 552 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 59.5 51% 63.1 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 53.7 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 111 (AE) Unknown 100 100 182 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 40 257698037788 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13031836623 (F7) Unknown 100 100 412684669 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1359166675	77% Very good	Read 490 Write 269 Mixed 351 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 16 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 48.6 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 91%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 106496 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1383 (AA) Unknown 100 100 26 (AB) Unknown 100 100 9980 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 56 (AE) Unknown 100 100 326 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7937149568061 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 87681 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 99 9980	68.9% Good	Read 487 Write 266 Mixed 344 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 5.59 87% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 5.8 60% 139 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 812GB free Firmware: 0634 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 105 Mixed 98.8 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 164GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 3931 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4794 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2406 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3629 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	58.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.4 Mixed 94.9 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 1GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.83% Terrible	Read 42 Write 4.59 Mixed 6.5 15% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.27 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 27% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.83% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16