Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.8% 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	148% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 19:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 684 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.80 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 98% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 98.5 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,017 Write 894 Mixed 947 213% 953 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.4 140% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 102 131% 220 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 332%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 27GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,368 Write 1,422 Mixed 1,664 402% 1,818 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 61.2 247% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 256 167% 188 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 27GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3007 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1784 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 58 58 41714 (EB) Unknown 99 99 416 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18250366634	83.6% Excellent	Read 376 Write 292 Mixed 302 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 35.5 146% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 120 95% 135 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 1x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2672 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 13 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 14.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 43.9 91% 43.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 48%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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