Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.9% 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	84.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '16 at 17:05
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 711 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 80.5 49% 67.2 fps	MRender 59.3 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 77.3 54% 64 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5017 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3080 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 36 (EB) Unknown 99 99 992 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16483669670	84.9% Excellent	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 349 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 19 136% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 17.8 47% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 153 10958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (10) Unknown 0 200 6093370060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 169 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 501 (C2) HDA temperature 126 105 26 (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	87.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 147 Mixed 141 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 0.26 125% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 414GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226791048 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4325182746 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 76 57 146432655384 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 616 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45524 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 -140737488355304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -79826262158614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6593360507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16447973301	74.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 119 Mixed 145 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 286GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1059 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1956 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 23 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.7% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 170 Mixed 148 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%
HP External HDD 2TB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 576GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 35.7 Mixed 34.4 45% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%
DISK SCSI_DISK_1234 2GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 8902 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 6.57 Mixed 9.27 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.66 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 26% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 CL11 Series 2x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 21.6 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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