Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 709 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 97 91% 108 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 95.8 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 516GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 897 Write 371 Mixed 465 127% 578 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 20.5 67% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 62 71% 124 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 743GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14549166 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 832 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 257698824220 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210455232561 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2780 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3584 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3425 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5672 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	59.9% Above average	Read 313 Write 239 Mixed 228 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 14.8 85% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 36.7 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 261GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,215 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,338 361% 1,637 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 61.2 255% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 242 261% 443 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 180GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 46913806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 139234249820321 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 464 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 46913806 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 46913806 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 46913806 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4000 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4887 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4887 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11537	48.6% Average	Read 365 Write 138 Mixed 223 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 17.9 68% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 46.8 50% 86.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 91%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 522ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43371970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -20813411500835 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3155 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 716 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 49 51542818848 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 51542818848 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43371970 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43371970 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43371970 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7370 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6611 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6611 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11282	60.1% Good	Read 356 Write 229 Mixed 279 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 14.2 79% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 71.1 87% 152 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 90%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 1,220 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 395 Mixed 221 244% 330 MB/s	4K Read 2.46 4K Write 5.04 4K Mixed 0.61 263% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 307%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 816 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 27.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 106%

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Typical Z97 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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