Asrock X79 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 02:13
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 782 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 127 Parallax 123 99% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 98.7 85% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 259GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^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 100 100 287 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 528 (94) Unknown 100 100 52337 (95) Unknown 100 100 763 (96) Unknown 100 100 565 (97) Unknown 100 100 707 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16553 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426207002650 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 147993 (F2) Unknown 100 100 658223 (F5) Unknown 100 100 195532 (F6) Unknown 100 100 209348 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 356 Write 187 Mixed 197 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 13.2 59% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 8.78 37% 86 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12623 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2097 (B1) Unknown 95 95 88 (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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 188 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43526407859	83.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 407 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 16.9 98% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 16.6 66% 149 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 143GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 139 3116 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 731 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7912 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 31 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.8% Good	Read 126 Write 107 Mixed 89.6 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	MC Read 52.5 MC Write 53.4 MC Mixed 47.5 146% 51.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme4 - $290

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	86x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	51x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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