Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	171% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '21 at 15:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 601 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.2% 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: 472.12 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 80% 105 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 90.1 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 604 613 599 609 609 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 558 Mixed 569 SusWrite 605 134% 593 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 75 245% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 751 552% 725 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 393%
Adata SU750 256GB 3,130 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free Firmware: XA001R07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 373 378 379 382 383 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 381 Mixed 350 SusWrite 378 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 52.3 176% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 264 205% 279 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 415GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 101 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 91.4 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 101 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	60	72.3"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV SSCR

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,146 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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16