Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '24 at 18:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 150 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 490 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 61.4 54% 64.7 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 55.9 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 232 Write 206 Mixed 194 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 29.4 100% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 142 128% 195 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 391GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 346 362 387 396 396 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 359 Write 414 Mixed 372 SusWrite 378 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 31.7 106% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 694GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 188 190 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 144 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 188 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 181 192 199 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 148 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 185 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 62%

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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%	1	211	56	144	27"	1280 720	ACR0628 ED273 A

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $100Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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