Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.5% 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	95.1% 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	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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 666 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.4 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 96.6 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 51GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3803046116	112% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 503 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.3 154% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 91 140% 266 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4597 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1340 (B1) Unknown 96 96 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14004274046	95.1% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 346 Mixed 333 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 24.1 141% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 66.4 111% 219 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 408GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 393 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2713 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2785 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 89 89 8623 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14671769396 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21983939795	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 108 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.49 112% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-2400-MR 2x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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