Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 15:10
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 95.9 96% 95.9 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 201 155 73 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 204 Mixed 337 SusWrite 129 110% 509 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 9.7 111% 26 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 295%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 472 Mixed 434 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 58.5 204% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 230 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 101 140 150 156 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 435 Write 214 Mixed 232 SusWrite 142 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44 158% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 179 131% 171 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 116 115 132 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 122 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 20.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 68: 10R 6G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
68%	52%	31	315	247	144	0"	1920 1080

History: Score 44: 4R 5G 9B | Score 66: 9R 6G 3B | Score 68: 10R 6G 0B

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Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	87x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	70x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	37x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
i-DIMM 3x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 14 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	9x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $771

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