Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	155% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 643 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.9% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 59.6 49% 62.9 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.2 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 95% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 564GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 590 597 598 600 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 655 Write 556 Mixed 581 SusWrite 594 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 66.8 215% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 743 505% 627 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 330%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 179 181 182 182 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 124 Write 144 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 178 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 446GB free Firmware: GR2OA350 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 82 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 58%
Samsung HM251HI 250GB-$50 910 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 220GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 38.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 81.9 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 26 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

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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 $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $858

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 $45	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