Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 23:17
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 180 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 462 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.34% Terrible	Lighting 0.87 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 6.5 1% 4.57 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.83 6% 6.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.34% Great: 3%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 81.9 54% 71.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 54.7 49% 61.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,376 Write 577 Mixed 647 190% 867 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 33.1 150% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 442 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 19.9 102% 238 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 215%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 806GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 133 Write 173 Mixed 110 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.73 177% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 213%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 786GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 23895049 (03) Spinup time 99 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 34399726546 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1045 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 43 39277887525 (C2) HDA temperature 37 57 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 26 23895049 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 62.7 Write 86.4 Mixed 53.3 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,144 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	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	287x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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