Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	63% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '16 at 18:53
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 582 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 115 92% 115 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 95.7 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 238GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 298 Mixed 412 105% 478 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 31.5 166% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 15.1 33% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 147%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3349 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1893 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 215 (A9) Unknown 100 100 229 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 101 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 44 188979544089 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 804 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13239 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5218 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2392 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	63% Good	Read 405 Write 248 Mixed 305 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 12.4 102% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 46.6 39% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 28GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 830 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (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 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7262984798	84.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 333 Mixed 345 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 13.9 113% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 73 113% 216 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3400820AS 400GB 872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 287GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 82 121621888 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 9485619162 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4067 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 35 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 65 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 51 80798510 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.1% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 56.6 Mixed 59.6 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 43%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 326GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 50 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4656 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 569911 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 29 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.7% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 47.3 Mixed 53.4 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-181.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF 9905403-181.A00LF 9905403-447.A00LF 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16