Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 460 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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: 2074 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 73 73% 81.8 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 71.9 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.4% 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: 299 162 91 98 83 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 458 Write 431 Mixed 334 SusWrite 136 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 33.1 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 177 159% 241 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 99 96 96 99 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	41.1% Average	Read 222 Write 214 Mixed 180 SusWrite 97.1 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 18.5 74% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 22.9 32% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 115%
Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB 915 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 48GB free Firmware: AXM09B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 100 96 96 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 231 Write 225 Mixed 189 SusWrite 97.1 42% 186 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.4 67% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 22.4 32% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.6% 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 340 Write 320 Mixed 260 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 45.4 160% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 136 122% 185 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 166 160 158 173 183 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 182GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 70 70 72 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 71.7 Write 72.3 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 71.5 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 144 133 123 137 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 98 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 136 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 241% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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