Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 15:55
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 667 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Device(107D 2761) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 75 65% 79.3 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.8 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 139400029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -92109868616165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 56 55838244891 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 55838244891 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 139400029 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 139400029 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 139400029 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27218 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17271 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17271 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16094	69% Good	Read 456 Write 172 Mixed 263 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 14.2 114% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 29.5 62% 125 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4954 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4930 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 26 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.37 118% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25.9 Mixed 15.3 29% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 73%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 94GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 24.9 Mixed 21.5 31% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 94GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 25.2 Mixed 26.3 34% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB 0622 DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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