Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	141% 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	63.6% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 692 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3052 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 217 Parallax 198 165% 206 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 196 Splatting 132 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 50GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -54812371712452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 294 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 294 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 64074 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 73 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 64074 (F2) Unknown 100 100 182233 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1751	70.8% Very good	Read 493 Write 242 Mixed 332 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 12.2 116% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 13.9 28% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 95%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -43087111892693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1112 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 43 51542425633 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 425750 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 425750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 659170 (F9) Unknown 100 100 82184	63.6% Good	Read 439 Write 216 Mixed 282 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 12.2 99% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 11.3 36% 72 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 91%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 177 5225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 493766 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 37 (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	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 96%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 903GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 211 211 21494169895 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8205 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 176094838821 (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 200 200 0	69.6% Good	Read 111 Write 131 Mixed 135 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 89%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 172GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 226 1150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 333 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 38 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 89.2 Mixed 87.7 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 94GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 227 1100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 6 6 68740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 900 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 435 (C2) HDA temperature 111 98 39 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 85.7 Mixed 64.8 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 91%

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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