Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.8% 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	96.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 00:44
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 632 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 99% 116 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.8 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 231 253 273 180 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 356 Mixed 372 SusWrite 250 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.9 152% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 352 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 2x8GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97 Extreme4/3.1 Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

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 $278Bench 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 $69Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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