Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 10:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 578 66% 517 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 110% 128 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 130 Splatting 101 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 76 79 62 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 154 Write 108 Mixed 126 SusWrite 72 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 14.2 96% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 69.1 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 95.7 69% 88.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 752GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 403 477 486 486 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 455 Mixed 413 SusWrite 448 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 51.1 184% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 197GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 141 142 142 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 191 Mixed 79 SusWrite 141 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 64%

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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%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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