Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (15%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 18:35
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 62 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 46.5 31% 44 Pts	4-Core 81.1 8-Core 91.4 11% 86.2 Pts	64-Core 91.5 6% 91.5 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV256HCHP-000L1 256GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L0QBXV7 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 718 Write 273 Mixed 355 98% 449 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 12.2 56% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 29.8 DQ Mixed 11.7 13% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 152%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 82GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -9620726734934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7512 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 439896 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 439896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 491201 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13396	52.9% Above average	Read 495 Write 242 Mixed 345 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 12 57% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 10.6 14% 25.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 564GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 180 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15447 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136445 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (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	57% Above average	Read 114 Write 84.5 Mixed 108 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 84%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 20.1 Write 4.34 Mixed 6.21 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 1.65 151% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	99x

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 $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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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 $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