Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '20 at 00:23
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 403 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 72.2 63% 77.8 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 80.2 63% 76.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 471 Mixed 329 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53.2 187% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 174 179% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 464GB free Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 427 488 492 493 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 492 Mixed 432 SusWrite 420 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63 220% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 365 275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 126%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 26GB free Firmware: CS900212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 221 263 286 239 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 397 Write 101 Mixed 179 SusWrite 251 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 30.1 129% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 164 153% 231 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 811GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 95 99 99 97 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 89 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 96.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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