Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive153% 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.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180306
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateNov 20 '18 at 06:40
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Memory 97.6
1-Core 133
2-Core 261
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 701
75% 596 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 112
Parallax 101
83% 105 fps
MRender 92.4
Gravity 93.7
Splatting 90.1
75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
MK001600KWDUN 1.5TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPK2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 770 789 748 760 751 750 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 909
Write 726
Mixed 601
SusWrite 761
168% 749 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 89
4K Mixed 41.8
137% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 950
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 437
371% 561 MB/s
Poor: 132%
This bench: 153%
Great: 163%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125
337GB free
Firmware: GS2OA3C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 115 115 115 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
66.1% Good
Read 115
Write 120
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 115
68% 94.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
79.6% Very good
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 21.5
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 26.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 47.7
84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,142 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $777
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HDDRAMUSB
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