Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	316% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 408 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 359.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 75 Parallax 72.4 61% 74 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 60.7 55% 68.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,562 Write 1,233 Mixed 1,385 379% 1,727 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 241 4K Mixed 77.9 332% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 988 DQ Write 704 DQ Mixed 277 361% 656 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 259%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 36GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13772 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 25964 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4402106 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 952791005 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	32.1% Below average	Read 185 Write 41.7 Mixed 63.3 21% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 6.87 64% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 41 DQ Mixed 44.3 45% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 36%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 31GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15199 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8632288013	113% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 411 Mixed 202 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 47.8 184% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 114 119% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4GB free Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 104 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3620695638276 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 514 Write 110 Mixed 152 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 9.93 92% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 10.2 34% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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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	78x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

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 $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) $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