Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.5% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151006
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 03:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 217 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 624 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 100 Parallax 92 80% 96.7 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 83 71% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 108 (A8) Unknown 100 100 134 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 42 180389937177 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27889 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19576 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19284 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 393 Mixed 456 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.7 135% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 63.2 123% 247 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 233GB free Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A5) Unknown 100 100 167683819852 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 65 (A9) Unknown 100 100 467 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 40 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 63 270584250402 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6940755691088 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10105 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11455 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11197 (F2) Unknown 253 253 54 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	97.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 462 Mixed 454 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 30.5 116% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 59.5 111% 223 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 98%
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 169GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 27662124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -49873160226994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 408 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 77312360471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27662124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27662124 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27662124 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12462 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10963 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10963 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29252	61.7% Good	Read 507 Write 195 Mixed 275 71% 326 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 17.3 76% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 53 66% 120 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 86%

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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 $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