Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	105% 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

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 694 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 163 Parallax 171 126% 163 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 150 Splatting 111 101% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 418 245 204 391 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 184 Mixed 244 SusWrite 349 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.2 169% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 132 145% 247 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 69GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 422 459 473 437 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 474 SusWrite 391 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 273 230% 336 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 32GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 136 136 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 250 Write 135 Mixed 142 SusWrite 134 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 22.6 80% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 54.1 52% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 48%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 65GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 553 561 567 562 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 554 Mixed 672 SusWrite 539 146% 650 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 53.2 194% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 494 392% 548 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 246%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 9GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 69 75 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 75.5 Write 61.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 78.7 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 149GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 57 57 57 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 82 Write 100 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 57.4 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 219GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 42 43 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 48.7 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 43.9 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 44%
USB Flash Disk 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 6300, ADATA UV310 32GB Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 34 14 33 9.5 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 87.8 Write 1.5 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 20.5 29% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 2.2 112% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 79%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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