Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	81.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 704 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 153 Parallax 143 122% 149 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 240GB-$499 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9743244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 -68745246493521 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2225 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 372 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 55 42953277480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9743244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9743244 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9743244 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42725 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34281 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34281 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37262	81.5% Excellent	Read 511 Write 217 Mixed 265 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 21.7 132% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 57.6 84% 157 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% 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 below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 540 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262160 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2363	83.1% Excellent	Read 516 Write 351 Mixed 356 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 10.6 104% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 48.9 96% 196 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 101%
General 32GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 30GB free, PID null Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	4.45% Terrible	Read 14 Write 3.24 Mixed 4.62 7% 7.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.45% 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 below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.6% 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