Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 05:37
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 217 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 430 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 73.3 62% 75.5 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72.1 58% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 35 27 28 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 312 Write 159 Mixed 108 SusWrite 32.2 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 25.3 98% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 87.7 85% 138 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 112 114 117 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 105 Write 77 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 114 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 337GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 86 SusWrite 129 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston HX316C10FW/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston HX316C10FW/4G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 17.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,143 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	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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