Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

27 days ago, 23 days ago, 13 days ago, 12 days ago, 12 days ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 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	Jan 14 '21 at 16:49
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$221 219,579 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 461 61% 450 Pts	64-Core 462 31% 462 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.9 77% 100 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 96 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$47 123,663 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 289 424 428 426 431 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 172 Write 14.2 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 340 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 10.1 24% 8.17 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 16.4 14% 22.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 99U5584-005.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme4/3.1 Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	17x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	17x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 77%, 208,325 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	13x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 178,993 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	5x
Blue 1TBWD $150Bench 88%, 4,745 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $47Bench 76%, 123,663 samples	3x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 4,331 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 83,026 samples	6x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 64,502 samples	4x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $676

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16