Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	45.2% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 15:48
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 63 1-Core 115 2-Core 240 74% 140 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 488 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 98.6 76% 99.7 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 92 Splatting 93 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 379 392 411 410 415 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 204 Write 24.2 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 388 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 12.2 40% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 13.6 DQ Mixed 15.9 13% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 102%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 19GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 17 17 15 16 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 20 Write 10.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 15.7 18% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-066.A00LF 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.7 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme4/3.1 Builds (Compare 49 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	20x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x

SSD
SX6000LNP 256GBAdataBench 168%, 9,539 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	2x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16