Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 22:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 206 82% 139 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 580 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Zotac(19DA 5072) ≥ 4GB; zotac super amp CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 166 Parallax 164 140% 167 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 151 Splatting 104 118% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 85 82 78 80 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 121%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 368GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 147 147 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 146 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 388% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 238 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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