Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151007
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '16 at 13:58
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 630 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.7 73% 101 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 84.7 Splatting 103 79% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 142 142 51579257314 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4100 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 219044642852 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.4% Above average	Read 79.4 Write 103 Mixed 93.3 70% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.18 52% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 109 Write 119 Mixed 91.9 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.33 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 532GB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 161 161 34384707913 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 25 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 762 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 762 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 219044315176 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 40	61.8% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 113 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 122 Write 49.9 Mixed 35.6 73% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.53 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.3% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6/ac Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 128%, 1,482 samples	3x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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 $40	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