Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '22 at 02:29
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 184 77% 129 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 312 48% 347 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.7% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 65.3 34% 56.2 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 44.5 41% 51.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541A SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 145 146 157 156 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 96.5 Write 170 Mixed 132 SusWrite 146 31% 136 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 31 79% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 109 89% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 2,073 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 321GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 393 395 400 401 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 442 Write 336 Mixed 132 SusWrite 394 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.9 110% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 59.7 104% 198 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 795GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 90 91 86 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 82.8 Write 86.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 88.3 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 68%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Read 16.6 Write 2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 15 13% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 24%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 31 32 32 32 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 40.5 Write 29.2 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 31.8 43% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 1.2 379% 5.5 MB/s	DQ Read 7.4 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 1.3 449% 6.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 117%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 13GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 24 26 25 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 105 Write 36 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 25.2 69% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 9.5 937% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.9 DQ Write 18.9 DQ Mixed 12.3 1,120% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 35%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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