Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 18:23
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (40^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 241 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 689 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 83.6 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 87.2 68% 77 fps	Splatting 105 108% 105 fps
Poor: 77% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 222 225 253 251 250 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 383 SusWrite 238 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.4 166% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 146GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 231 233 201 197 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 390 Write 368 Mixed 306 SusWrite 212 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 22.3 74% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 185 174% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 45GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 55 59 59 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 90 Write 86.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 57.9 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 63GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 134 Write 100 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 117 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 74GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 105 107 112 107 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 89.7 Mixed 63 SusWrite 107 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 75%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 79 77 76 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	50% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 94 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 78.2 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 192GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 66 68 68 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 158 Write 113 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 66.7 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 22GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 69 68 68 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 99 Write 70.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 68.4 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 69 69 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 154 Write 126 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 69 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 96%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 10TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7.5TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 163 167 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 188 Write 184 Mixed 114 SusWrite 164 217% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 203% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 10TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6TB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 163 167 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 184 Write 186 Mixed 120 SusWrite 165 220% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 80%

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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 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $928

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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