Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics114% 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 Drive63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Extreme3  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180307
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 16 '19 at 09:57
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 115
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 443
60% 447 Pts
64-Core 441
27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 155
Reflection 157
Parallax 147
126% 153 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 145
Splatting 114
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 207 212 199 200 192 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
63.7% Good
Read 400
Write 202
Mixed 204
SusWrite 203
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 58.3
4K Mixed 23.9
88% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 67.7
DQ Mixed 110
99% 158 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 63.7%
Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
260GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 420 444 441 438 438 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 454
Mixed 368
SusWrite 431
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 63.7
212% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 127%
Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190
110GB free
Firmware: DXM06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 420 443 440 438 437 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 458
Write 443
Mixed 335
SusWrite 430
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 48.2
167% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 175
177% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 112%
Great: 116%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
59.7% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 19.1
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 15.4
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $728
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HDDRAMUSB
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