Asrock Z97 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 23:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 554 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 88 Reflection 100 Parallax 86.7 72% 91.7 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 84.8 Splatting 86.4 70% 84.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: SBFM91.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 77 77 211 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9	92.2% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 466 Mixed 468 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 11.7 120% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 16.8 82% 182 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1035 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 135 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245227 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 665 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5795	72.8% Very good	Read 514 Write 346 Mixed 357 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 9.66 94% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1.96 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 46.5 54% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 421GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15704 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2195 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 937 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2206 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 14 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 23	76.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 121 Mixed 138 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.2 99% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: 3.CHF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 243784458 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 56 56680366 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.6% Average	Read 72.9 Write 72 Mixed 70 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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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 $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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Total price: $772

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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