Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% 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	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 350 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 60.1 48% 62.3 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19548207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -71949292137254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 137 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 18 35 42951966738 (C2) HDA temperature 18 35 42951966738 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19548207 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19548207 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19548207 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5935 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3602 (F4) Unknown 94 94 8847495	44.5% Average	Read 351 Write 75.8 Mixed 119 39% 182 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 11.2 82% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 29 29% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 262GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128003962 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5819417 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 575 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 52 369950739 (C2) HDA temperature 19 48 42949672979 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 9 128003962 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2065879263778 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1194603518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3247927701	62.5% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 98.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.53 122% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 223GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 1480 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10052646 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 67 386859028 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 47244640276 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 29 1480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28273769714226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1456692000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 960479497	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 80.8 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.55 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 219GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1057 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3743 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 21 (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 1 214500 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.5% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 106 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 116 116 17192714440 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2678 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11365 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 210454118419 (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 200 200 0	56% Above average	Read 94 Write 101 Mixed 96 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.38 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	47x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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