Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	109% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 531 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 68GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6002 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2993 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 238 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 47 227634315289 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31341966206 (F7) Unknown 100 100 992853162 (F8) Unknown 100 100 696061836	86% Excellent	Read 478 Write 317 Mixed 391 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 31.9 123% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 48.4 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 97%
PP3-8D128 128GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTNFW1.0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 697 Write 432 Mixed 570 126% 566 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 35.8 135% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 112 137% 242 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 444GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 147 5333 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9108 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7987 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9082 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (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 46 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 113 Write 96.9 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.42 111% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%
WD WD6400EARS-22Y5B1 . 640GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 321GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 191 6141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2803 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55698 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 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	43.7% Average	Read 77.4 Write 74.7 Mixed 83.3 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 52%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 272GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 154 154 34384576877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1626 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094904349 (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 200 200 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 134 Mixed 128 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.19 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY1866D364L9A/4G 0793 GY1866D364L9AS/4G 0793 GY1866D364L9A/4G 0793 GY1866D364L9AS/4G 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 45.4 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 901 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	270x
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 $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16