Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '16 at 23:43
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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-$35 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 571 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 36.6 Parallax 67.7 45% 53 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 45.3 37% 44.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 59 176095035429 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12910555556 (F7) Unknown 100 100 403824680 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129426291	73.6% Very good	Read 368 Write 296 Mixed 308 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 24.5 106% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 38.4 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1283 (03) Spinup time 206 156 666 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5737 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1464568 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.9% Average	Read 77.5 Write 82.3 Mixed 68.7 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 54%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 212GB free Firmware: PB3OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 12598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 76133 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 274878300191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	42.4% Average	Read 74.5 Write 73 Mixed 69.9 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

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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	474x
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	155x
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 $94Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16