Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	2.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 14:33
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 664 74% 585 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3648) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.01% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.08 Parallax 1.94 2% 2.49 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 2.17 2% 2.5 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.01% Great: 2%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 71 (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 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7235272724	96.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 30.3 147% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 25.1 58% 118 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 134 11791 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1230 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1198 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 34 (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	97.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.29 124% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905471-035.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905471-035.A00LF 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Pro3 Builds (Compare 295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro3 - $124

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	46x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	22x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	14x
SD9SB8W256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 71%, 676 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 51%, 10,124 samples	11x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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