Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 218 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 488 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Lighting 87.6 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 83.3 71% 85.7 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 67.3 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 174 132 113 100 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 356 Write 246 Mixed 217 SusWrite 138 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 25.1 96% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 112 87% 125 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 159GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 107 131 143 109 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 191 Write 142 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 116 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 92GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 171 171 171 169 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 90 Write 71.8 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 169 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 134 135 133 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 112 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 133 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 83%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 54.5 Write 36.7 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 21.6 41% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-809.A00LF 2x8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	561x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

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