Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 07:25
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 401 56% 411 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 874D) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 76.3 69% 79.8 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 58 54% 67.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 110 106 102 110 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 361 Write 322 Mixed 272 SusWrite 110 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 42.1 148% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 220 167% 224 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 124%
Mushkin Reactor 512GB-$280 923 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 47GB free Firmware: N100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 178 156 189 167 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 362 Write 330 Mixed 12 SusWrite 171 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 9.5 76% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 10.5 40% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 254GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 185 183 186 186 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 176 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 182 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Wl4000gs A6472 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 145 144 143 143 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 143 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	479x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16