Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '23 at 01:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 179 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 489 53% 419 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 138E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 117 102% 128 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 82.1 84% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 89 87 86 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 279 Write 106 Mixed 131 SusWrite 77.5 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 22.4 86% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 91.6 71% 96.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 73%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 839GB free Firmware: UH45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 104 87 193 196 208 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 285 Write 265 Mixed 137 SusWrite 156 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 8.3 46% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 99.1 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 28.1 38% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 24GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,149 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16