Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% 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	167% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 23:37
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 652 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 93.1 59% 75.7 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 77 55% 65.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2817 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 447 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 53 (AE) Unknown 99 99 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 830 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 48 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 13568 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2878 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2368	167% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 307 Mixed 598 206% 959 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 48.8 179% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 149 158% 271 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 220%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 101GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1984 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 753 (B1) Unknown 95 95 175 (B2) Unknown 92 92 195 (B3) Unknown 92 92 376 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4872 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 758 Write 239 Mixed 490 109% 496 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 38 136% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 86.5 104% 187 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 160%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 914GB free Firmware: SND3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 69 50207740 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81937424 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 605421599 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 613 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 14 50207740 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 170 Write 124 Mixed 151 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.57 184% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 883GB free Firmware: SND3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 65 24572765 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 86805465 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 622198816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 6 24572765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 165 Write 127 Mixed 159 114% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.64 194% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 870GB free Firmware: SND3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 107308697 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146067188 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 571867165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1556 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 5 107308697 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 172 Write 123 Mixed 168 117% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.52 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.59 175% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 820GB free Firmware: SND3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 88794030 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23858370 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 622198816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 5 88794030 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 125 Mixed 158 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.46 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 790GB free Firmware: SND3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 69 237999434 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79650946 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 555089949 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 617 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 14 237999434 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.1% Good	Read 123 Write 96 Mixed 111 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.65 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.57 180% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 4x8GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 123%

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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 $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