Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	239% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 04:57
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 513 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 139 110% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 315 316 314 311 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,137 Write 1,395 Mixed 737 SusWrite 362 255% 1,158 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 61.2 265% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 1,272 DQ Mixed 713 665% 1,020 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 176GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 202 205 206 205 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 387 SusWrite 203 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.5 202% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 176 184% 303 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 132GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 90 92 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 98.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 89.3 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 666GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 177 177 177 177 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 100 Write 94 Mixed 60 SusWrite 177 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 639GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 156 155 157 156 157 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 156 Mixed 118 SusWrite 156 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 683GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 180 Mixed 100 SusWrite 162 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 104 105 105 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.3 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 103 72% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 79%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 10GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 5.8 6 6.1 6 6 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	7.39% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 13.7 Mixed 7 SusWrite 5.5 14% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.5 125% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.39% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
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	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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