Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 04:23
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 364 51% 375 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 152 Parallax 151 123% 151 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 190 180 173 170 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 443 Write 305 Mixed 268 SusWrite 184 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 33.8 132% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 144 134% 205 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 97%
Gigabyte GP-GSTF 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 553GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 253 261 202 206 202 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.2% Below average	Read 228 Write 102 Mixed 84.6 SusWrite 226 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 11.2 48% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.2 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 90%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 89 83 167 161 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 19.4 Write 121 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 127 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% 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 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,142 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	98x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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