Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive155% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Extreme6  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180306
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 20 '18 at 08:06
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 226
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 550
58% 462 Pts
64-Core 599
37% 599 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.83% Terrible
Lighting 4
Reflection 6.65
Parallax 6.41
3% 5.69 fps
MRender 7.52
Gravity 2.4
Splatting 7.7
5% 5.87 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.83%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 553 520 567 572 572 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
155% Outstanding
Read 664
Write 558
Mixed 512
SusWrite 556
129% 572 MB/s
4K Read 44.6
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 57.3
205% 74.5 MB/s
DQ Read 766
DQ Write 627
DQ Mixed 703
525% 699 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 155%
Great: 254%
WDC WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 250GB
77GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 290 292 291 282 276 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 480
Write 466
Mixed 396
SusWrite 299
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 57.1
189% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 352
265% 355 MB/s
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98
606GB free
Firmware: SC42
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 119 125 127 121 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Read 130
Write 133
Mixed 72
SusWrite 122
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 14
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 14.5
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 73
55% 73 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 45%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $877
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