Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 374 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% Sapphire(174B E322) 2GB CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 27.7 19% 26.7 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 20 Splatting 31.5 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15214 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1433 (B1) Unknown 94 94 120 (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 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44408068906	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 400 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 42 171% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 72.2 90% 166 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 717GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 169 7941 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1949 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60606 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.2% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 114 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 231GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 58.8 Mixed 63 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	98x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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