Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	177% 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.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 470 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 120% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 566 594 546 550 565 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 522 Mixed 576 SusWrite 558 132% 586 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 84.3 262% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,101 724% 855 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 340%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1GB free Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 353 Write 340 Mixed 38.7 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 40.2 137% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 173 139% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 156 164 167 159 164 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 160 Mixed 67 SusWrite 163 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.6 210% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 299GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 123 119 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 121 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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