Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 22:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 741 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 121 Parallax 100 87% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 102 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1242 1200 612 613 612 615 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,064 Write 1,011 Mixed 976 SusWrite 816 218% 967 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 49 172% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 593 427% 557 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 206GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 605 455 305 303 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 614 Write 532 Mixed 432 SusWrite 424 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 49.3 191% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 646 501% 688 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 775GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 273 272 273 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 263 Write 196 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 272 141% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 245% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 184%
G-DRIVE SSD 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 231GB free, PID 8064 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 465 475 478 479 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	400% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 293 Mixed 295 SusWrite 471 494% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 31.6 3,737% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 31.8 4,222% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 400% Great: 413%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 42 95% 42 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 113%

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Typical Z97 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16