Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 23:20
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 580 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 102 Parallax 99.1 73% 97.1 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 95.1 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 521 Write 379 Mixed 293 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 29.7 114% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 98.6 DQ Mixed 205 208% 358 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 268 265 266 267 253 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 403 Write 356 Mixed 298 SusWrite 279 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 33.7 114% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 160 136% 207 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 410 Write 359 Mixed 315 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 34.9 119% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 125 116% 188 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 354GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 90 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 89.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 272GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 102 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 102 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	555x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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