Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 13:02
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 478 68% 497 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP550NS38 480GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 105GB free Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3608 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 381 (A3) Unknown 100 100 95 (A4) Unknown 100 100 473572 (A5) Unknown 100 100 175 (A6) Unknown 100 100 74 (A7) Unknown 100 100 120 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 88 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2202 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 34 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1901280 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1634830 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1894288	56.5% Above average	Read 424 Write 236 Mixed 223 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 11.5 81% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 60.7 DQ Mixed 11.7 18% 32.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 91%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 71GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th 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 2236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 953 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27 (AE) Unknown 100 100 204 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2600 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 236224118821 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5670272313 (F7) Unknown 100 100 177306745 (F8) Unknown 100 100 133913714	97.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 383 Mixed 410 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.3 131% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 14.5 92% 214 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8895 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 693 (B1) Unknown 96 96 70 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12278233177	90.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 404 Mixed 411 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 24.3 144% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 25.5 34% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 120GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1936 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8698642477 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2030 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 34360395203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 395776032805 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 -140737488355291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 27 1936 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 167 3494 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 105295418239988 (F1) Unknown 100 253 496155836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2708006050	50.7% Above average	Read 82.6 Write 94.3 Mixed 90.2 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.43 83% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 758GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 98 Write 96.9 Mixed 88.9 121% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	287x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $777

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 $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