Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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.
Boot Drive	88.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 03:38
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 471 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 143 Parallax 127 115% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$85 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 44 240519020581 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17658766080 (F7) Unknown 100 100 555758516 (F8) Unknown 100 100 277994141 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3594 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 481 Write 340 Mixed 338 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 27.3 119% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 48.4 100% 208 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 104%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 16GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 1737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24101 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1028 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 42953932834 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 70 70 31 (EA) Unknown 100 100 389478 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21878 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14847 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 24144	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 400 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 33.1 139% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 69.7 124% 245 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 189GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 219 8733 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6882 (C2) HDA temperature 120 81 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.3% Average	Read 74.7 Write 72.3 Mixed 65.5 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 147GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4679 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1071 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 25 78 (BE) vendor-specific 63 34 25731905683493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4359 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 155 Mixed 157 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.29 119% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 45GB free Firmware: PC4OC70E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 120259084290 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 30695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1286 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 333237 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 257698758686 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.2% Average	Read 63.4 Write 80.3 Mixed 68.1 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.37 78% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 8GBH2X04E99924-15- 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	100x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16