Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	68.7% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '22 at 00:37
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 237 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 699 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 179 Parallax 182 130% 174 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 98 36 30 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 462 Write 164 Mixed 235 SusWrite 74.9 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 34 116% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 119 113% 186 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$255 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 191GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 370 357 438 378 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 453 Mixed 358 SusWrite 379 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 36.5 117% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 58.9 DQ Mixed 131 119% 191 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 133%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 16GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 114 135 117 120 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 246 Write 132 Mixed 141 SusWrite 122 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 26 4K Mixed 15.1 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 41.2 45% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 48%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 114GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 526 480 571 496 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 835 Write 549 Mixed 640 SusWrite 521 142% 636 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 38.1 119% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 45 DQ Mixed 116 139% 261 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 246%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 168 146 174 158 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 138%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 172GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 67 63 71 63 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 81.8 Write 91.5 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 66.6 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 70 66 75 67 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 70.4 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 102 125 107 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 125 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 113 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 953 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	557x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $858

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