Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 00:35
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 177 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 303 36% 280 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 16 100 1296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1339 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1410 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1384 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 214748364837 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 46 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 240521 (F1) Unknown 253 253 107075 (F2) Unknown 253 253 42127	78.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 356 Mixed 400 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.03 103% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 29.2 78% 162 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 130 Write 145 Mixed 107 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 601GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 122 (03) Spinup time 156 156 38685114641 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19506 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 292059086880 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 83.9 Write 79.1 Mixed 97.4 66% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%
WDC WD50 00AZLX-00CL5A0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 247GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 41.4 Mixed 37.7 52% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.34 112% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 87%

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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	271x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	239x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	108x
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 $53Bench 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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Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16