Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 12:06
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 605 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 85% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 87.9 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 445 452 456 425 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 459 Mixed 418 SusWrite 439 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 51.9 172% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 42GB free Firmware: 1AG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 89 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 43.7 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 89.5 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown ZEUS-2133 4x4GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 953 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	557x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16