Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '22 at 16:53
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 1.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 29.5 2-Core 60.8 36% 53 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 132 16% 120 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.8 3% 4.37 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.2 4% 5.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 323 316 250 229 206 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 360 Write 359 Mixed 280 SusWrite 280 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 19.8 67% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 52.2 DQ Mixed 134 90% 111 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 107%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 167 164 165 164 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 163 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$100 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 166 168 166 169 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 165 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 100%
Seagate FA GoFlex Des 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 578GB free, PID 50a0 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 36 34 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 34.6 40% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 63%

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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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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,152 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	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	102x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16