Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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	23.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 13:22
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 623 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841E) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.5% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.7 25% 32.7 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 22.7 20% 25.5 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1346 300 302 299 301 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 1,466 Mixed 1,239 SusWrite 475 285% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 79.2 277% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 853 644% 866 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 280%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 0009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 183 192 194 194 194 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 351 Write 190 Mixed 217 SusWrite 190 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 17.1 85% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 56.4 71% 127 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 72%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 308GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 464 466 472 468 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 479 Mixed 456 SusWrite 465 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.8 193% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 141 145 147 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 139 Write 129 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 145 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 96%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 59GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 107 Write 94.5 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 103 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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 $182	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) $30	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