Asrock X79 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	93.1% 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	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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 01:12
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3960X 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 710 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 116 96% 117 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.4 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 259GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 528 (94) Unknown 100 100 52677 (95) Unknown 100 100 768 (96) Unknown 100 100 570 (97) Unknown 100 100 711 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16601 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35318071885849 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 148796 (F2) Unknown 100 100 659978 (F5) Unknown 100 100 196099 (F6) Unknown 100 100 210708 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 360 Write 186 Mixed 198 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 9.13 53% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 43.2 54% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12652 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2111 (B1) Unknown 95 95 88 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 195 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43681341014	93.1% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 39 127% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 88 93% 156 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 142GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 139 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8677 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 738 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7938 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 125 Write 103 Mixed 104 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 53.2 MC Write 53.3 MC Mixed 48.4 148% 51.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%

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Typical X79 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 250 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme4 - $290

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	86x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	51x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16