Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81% 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	279% 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	12.8 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 23:32
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 727 79% 627 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 103 82% 105 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 97.3 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% 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% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2055 758 613 614 616 615 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2140 Write 2,279 Mixed 1,456 SusWrite 878 378% 1,689 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 91 310% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,121 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 945 716% 970 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 206GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 609 461 304 306 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 723 Write 600 Mixed 434 SusWrite 431 122% 547 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 57.7 220% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 748 550% 723 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 775GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 272 274 275 273 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 268 Write 200 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 272 142% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.4 252% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 155% 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: 467 466 463 465 457 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	403% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 427 Mixed 306 SusWrite 462 551% 405 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 41.1 4,090% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 40.9 4,969% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 403% 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)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 27.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 42 95% 42 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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 $269	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