Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.2% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 11:39
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 184 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 600 54% 454 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3001) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41% Average	Lighting 53.5 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 65.8 44% 51.7 fps	MRender 33.9 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 44.5 36% 43.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -139036681302566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 59 34363605020 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 170432 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 36 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170432 (F2) Unknown 100 100 99228 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15308	69.9% Good	Read 464 Write 128 Mixed 181 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 21.9 138% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 10.9 26% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 79%
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 94 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983080 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2573	93.2% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 466 Mixed 487 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 13.7 126% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 13.6 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 171 164 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29846 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 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	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 138 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 84%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 143GB free Firmware: GG2OAH10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 51 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 100 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 12746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2962 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 98787131392 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 44 202965014 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 326 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3932220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 686706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0
Poor: 14% Great: 58%
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 123GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10491 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 55 5223 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8330 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3726 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5743 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 82 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18480 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176093921306 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4914 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 6318 (F1) Unknown 100 94 941754 (F2) Unknown 95 90 6974498 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	63.9% Good	Read 101 Write 121 Mixed 117 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992028 1314 992028 1337 FLFF65F-D8KQ9 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns

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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 $130Bench 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 $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