Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 03:24
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 657 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 199 Parallax 192 146% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 170 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 601GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,122 Write 1,495 Mixed 1,315 364% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.1 214% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 31.9 74% 157 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 452GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 76.4 Write 77.5 Mixed 38.4 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.34 71% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 236GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 45 9962 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4489 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20971 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (B5) Unknown 100 100 92079 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 141735165982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4590	56.9% Above average	Read 87 Write 111 Mixed 101 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 110GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 44 10068 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6964 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50519 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 392 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5601 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146030067742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 47 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 60791	66.2% Good	Read 92.3 Write 138 Mixed 94.1 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 73GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 44 9951 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4835 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48167 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4782 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 146030002206 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1479 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4907	59.6% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 107 Mixed 81.8 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID d000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 74.9 136% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 59%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 758GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 41 54% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 71%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

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 $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) $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