Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 579 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.8% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 125 Parallax 78.7 74% 98.4 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 86.9 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 597 602 604 597 604 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 689 Write 596 Mixed 614 SusWrite 599 140% 624 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.5 234% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 776 565% 735 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 393%
Adata SU750 256GB 3,130 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 89GB free Firmware: XA001R07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 366 369 371 366 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 401 Mixed 366 SusWrite 367 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.3 178% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 264 205% 278 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 703GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 114 113 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 113 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.2% 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 Builds (Compare 1,144 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	287x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

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 $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