Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 17:26
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 590 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 68.8 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 70.4 58% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 542GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 375 370 382 393 371 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 344 Mixed 335 SusWrite 374 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 29 110% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 127 102% 147 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 116 116 114 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 101 Write 90.8 Mixed 30 SusWrite 117 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 929GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 116 118 119 118 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 78.3 Write 28 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 117 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 12 12 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 99.8 Write 13 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 12.2 27% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 67%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 162 154 153 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 157 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%
Apple iPod 80GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 44GB free, PID 1209, ipod classic 5th generation 80gb Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 13 13 14 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 11 Mixed 11 SusWrite 13.4 16% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16