Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	94.5% 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	66% 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 18:07
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 (3^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 193 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 412 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 130 Parallax 105 99% 119 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 118 Splatting 94.1 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14349033 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 95219424998565 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 368 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 55 42953277481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14349033 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14349033 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14349033 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42708 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34265 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34265 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37224	66% Good	Read 495 Write 215 Mixed 281 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 13.7 96% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 12.2 42% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 92%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 23GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 540 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2359	70.6% Very good	Read 512 Write 348 Mixed 355 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 9.99 87% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 11.9 33% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 101%
General 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 30GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	4.26% Terrible	Read 12.9 Write 3.69 Mixed 5.47 8% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 6.67 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.002 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 13.8 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 89%

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Typical Z97 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 68 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	47x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16