Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	209% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '22 at 23:36
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 465 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	209% Outstanding	Lighting 306 Reflection 282 Parallax 324 250% 304 fps	MRender 358 Gravity 260 Splatting 185 210% 268 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 37 35 36 44 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 353 Write 288 Mixed 320 SusWrite 53.4 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 35.7 128% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 144 124% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 133%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 40GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 555 584 596 623 587 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 977 Write 613 Mixed 520 SusWrite 558 149% 667 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 42.7 143% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 819 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 675 512% 693 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 172%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 178GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 80.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 74.1 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 375GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 116 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 125 Mixed 52 SusWrite 117 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.5 295% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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