Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 10:30
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 743 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2018 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 114 83% 110 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 840 661 660 659 657 642 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,110 Write 2,268 Mixed 1,399 SusWrite 687 362% 1,616 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 91.1 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 844 642% 869 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 311GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 488 488 487 437 356 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 416 SusWrite 457 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.1 199% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 414GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 231 232 231 233 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 217 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 232 133% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 184%
G-DRIVE SSD 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 652GB free, PID 8064 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 472 476 477 473 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 420 Mixed 316 SusWrite 476 560% 412 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 39.4 3,800% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 41.8 4,684% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 413%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 27.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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