Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.5% 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	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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 16:49
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 61.3 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 152 55% 97 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 388 44% 342 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E272) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 47.1 32% 40.4 fps	MRender 31.9 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40.7 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5597 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4588 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 246 (AE) Unknown 100 100 177 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 50 214749020187 (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 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21319943662 (F7) Unknown 100 100 677130503 (F8) Unknown 100 100 142550916	83.5% Excellent	Read 505 Write 329 Mixed 397 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 24.9 112% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 47.6 82% 157 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98321048 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 870081 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4305 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 60 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25289 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 34359738394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34729105553879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2338506139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1350643089	106% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 173 Mixed 174 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2113 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 142 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.26 111% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-120.A00LF 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.3% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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