Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 230 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 456 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2049 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 74.4 76% 84.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 79 Splatting 74 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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: 362 138 94 89 80 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 471 Write 446 Mixed 344 SusWrite 140 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.7 163% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 128 118% 188 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 11TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 91 90 94 86 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	40.4% Average	Read 228 Write 226 Mixed 181 SusWrite 89.8 41% 181 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 18.9 73% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 23.3 32% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 115%
Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 49GB free Firmware: AXM09B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 91 90 94 103 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 242 Write 237 Mixed 174 SusWrite 92.7 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 19.8 78% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 23.2 32% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% 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 351 Write 340 Mixed 268 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 47.6 170% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 137 123% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 179 172 171 158 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 174 Mixed 73 SusWrite 162 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 483% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 182GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 75 74 71 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 69.5 Write 65 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 72.3 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 173 189 180 159 165 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 171 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 189% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% 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)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 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	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 $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) $30	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