Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive152% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z97 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151012
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 03 '21 at 04:17
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 117
2-Core 184
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 637
63% 515 Pts
64-Core 622
38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 377A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 191
Parallax 178
138% 180 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 177
Splatting 125
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKKF256G8L 256GB
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L12P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 278 276 277 278 279 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 707
Write 623
Mixed 635
SusWrite 298
127% 566 MB/s
4K Read 57.3
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 75.3
245% 83.3 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 536
DQ Mixed 588
454% 625 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 152%
Great: 236%
Adata SU630 240GB
17GB free
Firmware: XD0R00K0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 330
Write 330
Mixed 282
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 77.6
4K Mixed 39.5
137% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 192
142% 185 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
814GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 168
Write 156
Mixed 49.8
91% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.2% Above average
MC Read 17.2
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 15.6
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 15.4
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 50.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $777
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