Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 14:25
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 179 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 503 48% 395 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 440.97 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.6% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 37.5 33% 41.2 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 52.2 42% 50.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 301 286 286 263 231 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 474 Mixed 389 SusWrite 292 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.5 199% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Crucial_CT256MX100SSD1 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 22GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 114 113 113 113 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 88.8 Write 86.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 112 20% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 3% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 130%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 318 308 300 298 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 330 Mixed 296 SusWrite 305 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 41.3 150% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 149 138% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 115 128 134 143 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 154 Mixed 109 SusWrite 121 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	59x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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