Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 18:08
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 567 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 73.8 50% 63.3 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 70.3 49% 58.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37447 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1758 (B1) Unknown 68 68 1161 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1544 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66707482703	50.1% Above average	Read 449 Write 196 Mixed 225 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 9.73 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 11.7 16% 28.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 86%
Seagate ST8000DM0004-1ZC11G 8TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6.5TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 72865463 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 712912346 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -36210869268883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 538116125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1210 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20303 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 72865463 (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 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -61967788144131 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8201640493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5129479986
Poor: 36% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 918GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110478336 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 159069186981 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 81605623931 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 30512002564125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 247565 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 9 110478336 (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 -97783520417549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1510102459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 86773478	57.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 90.6 Mixed 108 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.23 49% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 316GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25428736 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119111146 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25778 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 554827805 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 155554 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 47244640285 (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 60644938229687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38832714686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5436416674951	76.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 94.5 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 90GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77533184 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135888725 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 571605022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 268481 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 34359738398 (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 25890062871438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52368185195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1132936470397	73.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 117 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.14 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 113%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 7.12 Mixed 11 16% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.48 57% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 90%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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