Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 01:07
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 660 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 196 Parallax 178 150% 186 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 90 88 87 89 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 140 Write 111 Mixed 126 SusWrite 89.5 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 28.9 123% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 77.7 68% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 162GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 436 455 455 476 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 432 Mixed 387 SusWrite 441 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.4 214% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 250GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 76.7 Write 78 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 64.3 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 173 173 156 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 141 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 170 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HM321HI 320GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 223GB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Read 41.8 Write 25.2 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 2.4 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

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