Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '21 at 22:42
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 181 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 511 51% 415 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2272 MHz, MLim: 4262 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 128 Parallax 133 114% 134 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 111 Splatting 95.6 97% 123 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 63GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 193 182 171 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 344 Write 202 Mixed 193 SusWrite 178 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 23.3 94% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 95.5 80% 122 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,440 Write 2,226 Mixed 1682 471% 2,116 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 85 281% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 1109 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 983 720% 951 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 13GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 47 37 30 38 33 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.9% Below average	Read 263 Write 70.7 Mixed 120 SusWrite 37.4 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 3.6 82% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 63.1 DQ Mixed 8.7 27% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 101 101 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 30.8 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 98.7 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 580GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 185 189 187 173 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 27 Write 140 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 180 67% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.4 148% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 23.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 89%

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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 Builds (Compare 1,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $95Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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