Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 18:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 551 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 168 Parallax 156 126% 159 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 148 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 62 52 43 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 333 Write 99.3 Mixed 182 SusWrite 59.3 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 23.6 83% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 115 88% 119 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 77%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 35GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 244 273 278 204 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 308 Write 316 Mixed 256 SusWrite 230 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 25 87% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 119 76% 84 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 427GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 366 290 291 290 291 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 447 Mixed 422 SusWrite 322 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 50.7 168% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 312 236% 314 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 21GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 115 121 116 126 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 93.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 121 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

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