Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 01:09
Run Duration	415 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 369 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.9% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 54.7 35% 42.4 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 34.7 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2211964257045 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 476 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 40 257698037806 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1129581576455 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 658 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3676 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1623 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1997 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 480 Write 194 Mixed 288 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 1.85 45% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 4.86 56% 130 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 78%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 624 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 32 (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	95.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 167 Mixed 156 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 104%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 173GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 177 176 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7268 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 54 139 (BC) Unknown 83 83 26 (BE) vendor-specific 70 28 30 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 295 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 797 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55165 (C2) HDA temperature 117 75 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.6% Below average	Read 59 Write 57.9 Mixed 58.2 44% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.37 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 60%
Philips USB Flash Drive 8GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 2.69 Mixed 4.84 8% 8.58 MB/s	4K Read 5.66 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.007 21% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

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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