Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56% 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)
Boot Drive	105% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '16 at 13:56
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 727 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 64.5 58% 68.7 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 56.7 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fcct480m 50 480GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5885 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 50 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 158913789983 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24494472748 (F7) Unknown 100 100 772653683 (F8) Unknown 100 100 680511125	105% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 413 Mixed 441 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 31.9 160% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 55.8 102% 202 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 98GB free Firmware: JURA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6014 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914969629 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	115% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 468 Mixed 446 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 48.6 173% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 155 147% 229 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 104%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 676GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74166378 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19985295 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7111 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950656016 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 521797662 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 74166378 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27552215243342 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1965729415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2374476081	61.7% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 69%
Generic Mass-Storage 64GB 1,564 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Read 15 Write 9.61 Mixed 11.9 15% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.98 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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