Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.4% 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	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 96 2-Core 192 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 383 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 124 Parallax 116 99% 121 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 257 279 282 265 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 304 Mixed 300 SusWrite 269 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 27.5 140% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 272 227% 327 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 133%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 76 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 48.5 Write 49.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 69.6 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.5% 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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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	270x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	239x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
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 $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16