Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '24 at 20:42
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 382 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 96.3 77% 99.3 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 94.9 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT500P 500GB 3,338 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 753 5 43 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,267 Write 917 Mixed 798 SusWrite 244 179% 806 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 57 187% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53.5 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 222 153% 181 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 243%
WDC WDS250G2B0A 250GB 4,642 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 125GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 202 204 200 202 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 410 Mixed 314 SusWrite 209 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 45 147% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 175 179% 292 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 85 77 79 70 74 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 121 Write 93.9 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 75.6 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-518.A00LF 4x8GB 341 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 92%

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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	49	15	60	24.1"	1280 720	LEN1144 LEN LT2452pwC

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Typical Z97 Extreme6/ac Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6/ac

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	5x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x

SSD
XP941 PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 128%, 1,482 samples	3x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	2x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples	2x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $548

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16