Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.4% 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 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 21:08
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 219 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 552 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.59 3% 5.76 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-e100 256G 256GB 2,993 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 30 74 55 54 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 359 Write 324 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 96.1 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 16.9 61% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 1.2 26% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 649GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 155 156 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 139 Write 140 Mixed 96.8 SusWrite 155 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 114 Write 122 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 101 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 112%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 636GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 74.9 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 113 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,146 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16