Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 23:21
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 438 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 440 14,286 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3518) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.03% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 0.09 0% 2.09 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 0.09 3% 4.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.03% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$49 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 24 21 22 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.51% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 14.5 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 22 10% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 8.51% Great: 42%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 913GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 107 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 12GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 77 75 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 82.3 Write 78.1 Mixed 62 SusWrite 76 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 71%

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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 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,157 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	479x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	289x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	158x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16