Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 370 55% 401 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3710) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 160 Parallax 157 124% 156 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 152 Splatting 111 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7790 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9645 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1312 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 74 59 454688794 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2079983 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 101 Mixed 38.5 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 584GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131448144 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 139668576 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1330 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 538705949 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30383 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85663122707626 (F1) Unknown 100 253 82611679534823 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7770707903837	95.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 159 Mixed 70.9 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 330GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15531 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6362 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 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	47.3% Average	Read 88.3 Write 76.1 Mixed 78.9 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.45 123% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 155GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 85 108993857 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 280885376 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2241 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 142 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 521994271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 61 107726871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.6% Below average	Read 57.6 Write 55.9 Mixed 31.6 36% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 2x4GB 342 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 65%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 900 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	269x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	238x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	71x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	107x
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 $54Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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