Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	280% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '21 at 10:58
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 154 78% 126 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 688 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% XFX(1EAE 6601) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.10.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 137 Parallax 173 86% 139 fps	MRender 236 Gravity 145 Splatting 173 149% 184 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 35GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 187 173 157 166 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 364 Write 174 Mixed 183 SusWrite 168 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 22.2 89% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 51.7 DQ Mixed 108 86% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 76%
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 67GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 131 132 129 124 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 361 Write 134 Mixed 177 SusWrite 127 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 14 95% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 4.7 30% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 483GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1708 1409 1279 1276 1283 1280 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 2,038 Mixed 1,609 SusWrite 1,372 407% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 70.5 240% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 566 DQ Mixed 731 540% 718 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%
Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP2000CV30001 2TB 999 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 550GB free Firmware: SU5SH017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 676 649 679 600 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 578 Mixed 602 SusWrite 561 126% 556 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.4 196% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 665 DQ Mixed 764 558% 729 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 308%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 82GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 111 111 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49% Average	Read 59.2 Write 89.5 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 111 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 160% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 64%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 42GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 130 149 152 160 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 27.3 Write 22 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 148 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 192% 2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 213%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 22GB free, PID b159 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 37 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 37.7 49% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.9 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 35: 3R 4G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
35%	21%	72	242	65	60	32"	1280 720	MST0030 MStar Demo

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,147 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	475x
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	156x
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 $90Bench 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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16