Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.6% 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	81.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 480 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 54.7 37% 47.1 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 38.2 39% 48.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 7733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1598 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 241 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 60 171798691874 (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 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 61252035381 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2042827455 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1885118543	81.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 269 Mixed 350 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 25.2 111% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 52.2 98% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 866GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 97.5 Write 92.2 Mixed 84.4 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 65% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 59%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 619GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 60142853 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 563290380 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1594 (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 66 61 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6363 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 9 60142853 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 124 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.59 132% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 103%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 22GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 181 5266 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5202 (BE) vendor-specific 51 1 49 (C2) HDA temperature 101 1 49 (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	27.6% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 38.3 Mixed 36 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 35%
WD 6400BEV External 640GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 568GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 39.6 51% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.36 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 75%

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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	475x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16