Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 14:18
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 741 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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: 471.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 83% 106 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,096 Write 2226 Mixed 1,416 426% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 834 636% 865 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 359GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 488 488 488 439 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 478 Mixed 412 SusWrite 458 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.9 180% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 414GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 226 231 229 232 232 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 152 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 230 122% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 184%
G-DRIVE SSD 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 651GB free, PID 8064 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 478 481 480 478 477 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	385% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 410 Mixed 318 SusWrite 479 551% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 33 3,622% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 40.7 4,621% 55 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 385% 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 (50^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 27.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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