Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	210% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 09:22
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 97.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 564 50% 425 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 88% 111 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 333 315 317 318 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,825 Write 1,468 Mixed 1,140 SusWrite 355 266% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 76.8 262% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 743 564% 765 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 302GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,588 Write 5,773 Mixed 6047 1,369% 6,136 MB/s	4K Read 466 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 285 1,186% 322 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 555 DQ Mixed 756 576% 793 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 0009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 179 178 180 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 346 Write 185 Mixed 208 SusWrite 179 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 16 81% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 58 70% 124 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 145 140 144 145 146 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 114 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 144 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 96%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 464GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 133 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 131 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 25.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 86%

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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 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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