Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 02:57
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 495 54% 425 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 132 103% 133 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$34 390 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 237GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 2,084 Write 509 Mixed 701 237% 1,098 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 31.8 150% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 82.3 119% 228 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 172%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 50406741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -47072841551366 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2090 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 545 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 51542622239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 50406741 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 50406741 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 50406741 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20640 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10191 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10191 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10689	79% Very good	Read 510 Write 188 Mixed 187 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 23.3 127% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 51.7 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 86%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 146 11191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1641 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (10) Unknown 1 199 20081373936 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1569 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 129 Mixed 137 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.25 105% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8483 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3210 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2061 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2739 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 83.7 Mixed 79.2 66% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.41 116% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3153 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6919 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.41 123% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,685 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%

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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	555x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

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