Asrock X79 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140213
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '21 at 08:04
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 189 63% 111 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 468 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 65 Parallax 1.5 0% 22.3 fps	MRender 0 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 46.6 33% 38.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 129 121 101 126 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 436 Write 180 Mixed 148 SusWrite 125 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 18.5 79% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 56.7 92% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 183 182 167 179 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 178 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
SAMSUNG MZMTE512HMHP-000 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 212GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 228 226 196 224 228 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	154% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 203 Mixed 156 SusWrite 221 270% 200 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 18.7 1,470% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 28.4 DQ Mixed 20.8 1,754% 23.6 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 169%
ST1000LM014-1EJ1 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 788GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 106 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 99.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 108 130% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.3 237% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 4x4GB 1,028 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 8.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme4 - $290

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	86x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	51x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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