Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.88% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	223% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 22:13
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 575 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia Quadro K420 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 1162) 2GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.88% Terrible	Lighting 4.37 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.31 4% 4.25 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.96 4% 5.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,114 Write 1,155 Mixed 1,546 355% 1,605 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 55.2 162% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 195 193% 313 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 292%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free Firmware: 0204 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 370 Write 137 Mixed 214 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 23.7 4K Mixed 10.7 51% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 37.3 53% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 231213378 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7536312 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -120533962194887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (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 72 64 487587868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 263 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (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 -5377299054558 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7364946227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3794603933	84.8% Excellent	Read 156 Write 140 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16