Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	204% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150416
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 595 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 81.2 50% 67 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 46.1 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 189 Parallax 177 118% 170 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 161 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 1114 1066 928 1028 1018 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,446 Write 1,306 Mixed 916 SusWrite 1,043 264% 1,178 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 55.6 197% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 60.2 157% 336 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 241%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 370GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 407 440 368 421 427 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 455 Mixed 416 SusWrite 408 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54 182% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 263 207% 282 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Samsung MZHPU512HCGL-00004 512GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 150GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 569 618 506 568 599 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme6/ac Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 128%, 1,482 samples	3x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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