Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 14:09
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 205 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 388 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 187 89% 129 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 133 Splatting 130 98% 118 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 298 108 81 69 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 455 Write 410 Mixed 327 SusWrite 163 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 42.6 138% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 183 149% 220 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 90 94 90 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 350 Write 309 Mixed 317 SusWrite 91.3 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 36.2 119% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 170 127% 172 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 699GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 89 92 89 93 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 193 Write 169 Mixed 31 SusWrite 89.3 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 107%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 84 88 91 88 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 87 91 87 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 88.3 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 283% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 181 187 178 187 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 132 Write 116 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 181 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 15.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 119%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $129Bench 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 $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