Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '21 at 05:58
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 495 62% 475 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.55% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 7.1 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.55% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 569 566 557 557 558 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 564 Mixed 571 SusWrite 565 132% 584 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57.1 223% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,103 725% 855 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 340%
Lexar JD FireFly 32GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID a810 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 23.4 Write 13.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 13.7 18% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 63%

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

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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	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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