Asrock Z97 Professional

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Professional (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 21:25
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 626 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 183 Parallax 173 114% 165 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 152 Splatting 127 107% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1260 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 76.2 48% 67.1 fps	MRender 64.6 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 53.5 47% 58.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 385 426 410 419 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 456 Mixed 360 SusWrite 405 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 46 159% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 347 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 941GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 152 151 152 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 88.5 Write 88.5 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 151 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97 Professional Builds (Compare 86 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Professional - $199

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	45x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
SSDSC2BB800H4 800GBIntelBench 84%, 43 samples	4x
Extreme Pro 240GBSanDisk $79Bench 92%, 10,862 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	4x

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Total price: $822

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16