Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '16 at 07:18
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$52 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 (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 474 Write 186 Mixed 266 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 6.06 43% 9.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 54.7 Mixed 53.5 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free Firmware: 3.AAD Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 57 Write 57.8 Mixed 55.7 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB-$40 17,642 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free Firmware: ES2O Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 57 Mixed 53.8 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 46%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1TB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 55.9 Mixed 54.8 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 35%
Samsung HM100UI 1TB-$47 906 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 872GB free Firmware: 2AM10001 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 89 Mixed 88.6 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-544.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 9905402-544.A00LF 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.3% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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