Asrock X79 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.8% 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	92% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130722
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '16 at 08:56
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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 Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 477 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.9 78% 98.2 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 84.4 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5257 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 729 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 57 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14115857419	92% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 373 Mixed 413 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 36.8 129% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 94.8 102% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 751GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8458 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2118 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5952 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 40 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 8	67.7% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.49 131% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 528GB free Firmware: HP22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107018146 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 69154649815 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 28936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3749 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 95 34360263020 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 605683747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 29 107018146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 85.7 Write 69.7 Mixed 77.8 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.35 72% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 16GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 10.9 Mixed 24.6 27% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.89 100% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 35.1 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 100%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme4 - $290

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	86x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	51x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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