Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '21 at 10:11
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 601 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 145 Parallax 197 110% 159 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 96.2 94% 118 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 459GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 455 453 456 458 457 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 461 Mixed 427 SusWrite 452 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 63.9 211% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 9.9 15 5.2 12 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 99.7 Write 11.2 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 14.6 25% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1 157% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 68%
Seagate ST31000333AS 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 516GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 72 70 71 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 70.6 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 337GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 168 Write 125 Mixed 100 SusWrite 118 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 74%

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Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 238 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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