Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	90.2% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 13:01
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 104 2-Core 235 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 443 61% 452 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 188 Parallax 170 138% 176 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 156 118 80 70 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 314 SusWrite 118 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.5 162% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 251 208% 301 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 79GB free Firmware: N111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 218 243 160 244 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 362 Write 346 Mixed 268 SusWrite 197 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 36 123% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 161 125% 170 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 171GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 75.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 87.7 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 779GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 122 122 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 121 Write 72.2 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 122 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 79%

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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 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	287x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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