Asrock Z97M Pro4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97M Pro4  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140523
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 14 '19 at 20:40
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 18%
Watch Gameplay: 2080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 87.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 237
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 635
64% 519 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (54th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 160
Parallax 181
140% 171 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 141
Splatting 107
112% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
89GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 311 309 310 308 307 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 479
Write 471
Mixed 380
SusWrite 324
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 30.4
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 58.4
175% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 5.2
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 12.3
58% 120 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 102%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27
463GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 136 148 148 147 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 153
Write 150
Mixed 83
SusWrite 140
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown ST51264BA1339.16FM Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 ST51264BA1339.16FM Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.1% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 15.3
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.4 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M Pro4 Builds (Compare 283 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M Pro4 - $196

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $771
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