Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 04:44
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 490 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 1920 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 73.9 57% 73.6 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 61.5 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 98 44 42 40 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 280 Write 347 Mixed 226 SusWrite 62.3 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 22.4 89% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 115 95% 135 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 354 353 358 359 358 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 361 Write 356 Mixed 341 SusWrite 347 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 56.7 187% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 149 114% 152 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 0GB free Firmware: 1.3. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 246 Write 70.3 Mixed 101 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 36.4 140% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.2 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 72.2 57% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 347 228 206 197 187 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 497 Mixed 318 SusWrite 260 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57.5 191% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 347 257% 336 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 242GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 84.2 Write 99.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 87.9 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 76%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 79GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 23.3 Write 69.9 Mixed 29 SusWrite 111 42% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 72%

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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	287x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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