Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive114% 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160524
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateOct 20 '18 at 00:18
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 83.8
1-Core 102
2-Core 213
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 442
58% 433 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 150
Parallax 128
114% 139 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 134
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 131 133 110 90 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 486
Mixed 368
SusWrite 158
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 64.3
218% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 357
269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 114%
Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB
48GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 298 298 297 297 297 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 481
Mixed 382
SusWrite 315
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 52.6
194% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 362
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 114%
Great: 122%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49
299GB free
Firmware: 0008APM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 89 89 89 89 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 81
Write 75.7
Mixed 45.3
SusWrite 88.3
53% 72.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
51.4% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 16.8
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 16.4
SC Mixed 13.5
40% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Extreme4/3.1 Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $480
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HDDRAMUSB
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