Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	47.5% 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.

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '20 at 06:18
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 480 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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 (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.9 80% 102 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 94.1 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 388 396 419 418 414 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 241 Write 24.3 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 366 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 13 4K Mixed 11 49% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.6 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 15.3 12% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 102%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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 $53Bench 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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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