Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 469 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 74 76% 83.9 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 73.9 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 115 87 81 97 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 447 Mixed 345 SusWrite 142 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45 167% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 90.2 113% 199 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 11TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 92 93 92 92 98 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 237 Write 221 Mixed 167 SusWrite 94.1 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.4 72% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 23.5 28% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 115%
Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 49GB free Firmware: AXM09B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 92 93 92 92 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 237 Write 208 Mixed 179 SusWrite 94 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 18.8 68% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 43.4 DQ Mixed 23.2 33% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 53%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 346 Write 335 Mixed 256 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 48.9 173% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 121 116% 182 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 152 149 151 148 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 149 Mixed 52 SusWrite 156 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 182GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 68 68 69 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 81.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 68.7 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 149 151 151 162 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 158 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1616 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	557x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: $858

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16