Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.3% 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 Drive	95.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 11:53
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$25 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 163 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 535 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 101 Parallax 101 78% 99.2 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 95.4 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 366 400 329 295 298 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 293 Mixed 337 SusWrite 343 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 35.8 140% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 217 193% 292 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%
WD Gold 2TB (2016)-$97 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 150 156 140 150 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 88.2 Write 122 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 151 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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

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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	475x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16