Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	94.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151006
Uptime	21.4 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 08:51
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 645 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 91 Parallax 158 85% 118 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 111 Splatting 128 92% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 163 295 300 298 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 293 Mixed 276 SusWrite 274 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.9 151% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 180 163% 248 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 114%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 512GB SED 110 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 93GB free Firmware: EMT03D6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 473 474 415 335 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 438 Mixed 289 SusWrite 407 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 46 176% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 287 237% 339 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 141 142 141 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 140 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 84%

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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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Typical Z97 Extreme6/3.1 Builds (Compare 30 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	13x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	6x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x

SSD
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	3x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	2x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	4x
16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0921 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 32GBUnknownBench 69%, 8 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16