Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 14:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 469 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 86% 111 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 176 185 187 208 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 370 Write 344 Mixed 325 SusWrite 186 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 49.4 164% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 214 164% 222 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 125%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 38GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 182 191 191 164 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 368 Write 146 Mixed 326 SusWrite 178 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 38.5 139% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 234 171% 224 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	20x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x

SSD
SX6000LNP 256GBAdataBench 168%, 9,539 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	2x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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