Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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 Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 12:31
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 172 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 487 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 181 Parallax 161 130% 167 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT120M500SSD4 120GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 83 73 85 90 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 404 Write 135 Mixed 192 SusWrite 86.9 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 31.1 114% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 130 114% 173 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 77%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 196GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 139 130 163 175 179 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 332 Write 250 Mixed 155 SusWrite 155 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 22.6 98% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 51.6 78% 149 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 32TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 37 40 40 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 112%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 99 92 102 102 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.5 Mixed 60 SusWrite 96.9 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 154% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 64%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 678GB free Firmware: JF4OA0E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 79 97 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 93.5 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%

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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 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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