Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 16:29
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 646 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 89 Parallax 78.6 66% 83.1 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 69.8 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 235 100 88 103 315 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 482 Write 467 Mixed 352 SusWrite 176 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 38.9 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 138 153% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 110%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 100GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 90 85 94 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 151 Write 125 Mixed 132 SusWrite 92.7 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 34.7 136% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 114 91% 128 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 61%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 365GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 110 109 109 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 110 SusWrite 110 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 173GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 149 149 151 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 117 Write 88 Mixed 70 SusWrite 150 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 77 74 75 77 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 74.3 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 70.9 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,886 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 73%

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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%

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	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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