Asrock Z97 Pro4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Pro4  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160527
Uptime4 Days
Run DateMay 29 '20 at 14:04
Run Duration231 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 95.2
1-Core 111
2-Core 228
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 434
58% 436 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 120
Parallax 108
92% 113 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 105
Splatting 86.5
78% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 482 481 473 483 483 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85
77GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 146 146 146 146 146 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 503
Write 478
Mixed 398
SusWrite 177
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 53.3
195% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 177
183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 107%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
214GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 115 116 103 98 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Read 154
Write 121
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 108
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
339GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 179 185 187 178 187 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Read 140
Write 151
Mixed 67.9
SusWrite 183
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.6
226% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
65% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 20.4
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 21
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 56.6
71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 65%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Pro4 Builds (Compare 904 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Pro4 - $77

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $725
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HDDRAMUSB
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