Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	136% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '23 at 10:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 73 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 590 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4060-$295 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 5161) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 111 Parallax 147 128% 139 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 119 Splatting 97.9 106% 135 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 495 498 544 546 544 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 588 Write 497 Mixed 560 SusWrite 519 122% 541 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 59.3 182% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 518 390% 523 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 92GB free Firmware: SBFKB1H6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 179 243 265 197 326 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37% Below average	Read 221 Write 93.6 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 253 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 9.7 40% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 14.1 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 317GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 59 58 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 75 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 57.8 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-8GTX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 94.7 42% 94.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	22	60	24"	1920 1057	ACR078F KA242Y A

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

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 $178	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