Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 02:30
Run Duration	407 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 524 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.19% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.12 3% 6.06 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.19% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 97% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 97.9 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2048 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4086 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 960 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 22312446594774 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	61.4% Good	Read 350 Write 216 Mixed 262 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 4.26 114% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 4.24 24% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 517GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 463 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 438 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38623 (C2) HDA temperature 106 94 41 (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	46.6% Average	Read 81.4 Write 80.9 Mixed 76.7 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$28 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 354GB free Firmware: SD24 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76109994 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 291133458 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4017 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 32 -3588947928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 601 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128306 (C2) HDA temperature 40 68 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 37 76109994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 94 Mixed 70.2 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 261GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 166 1975 (04) Start/Stop count 33 33 67614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1242507 (C2) HDA temperature 107 78 40 (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	46% Average	Read 80.4 Write 79.6 Mixed 74.4 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 239GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 144 1358 (04) Start/Stop count 40 40 60664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1046 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162447 (C2) HDA temperature 99 95 44 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.6% Good	Read 113 Write 105 Mixed 86.9 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 213GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 154 141 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1888 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 11641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3593239 (C2) HDA temperature 95 77 48 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27210 (F1) Unknown 200 200 37015750361 (F2) Unknown 200 200 40317506436 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 58 Mixed 48.4 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.38 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 41%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 7.4 Mixed 9.24 13% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.53 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 13% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2002 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

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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	556x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16