Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	199% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 19:47
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 240 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 669 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,929 Write 890 Mixed 1,092 286% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 30.6 204% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 179 137% 178 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 243%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free Firmware: DC86201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1486 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65266 (AE) Unknown 100 100 604 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1472 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16316 (F1) Unknown 100 100 348361 (F2) Unknown 100 100 476692	80.7% Excellent	Read 379 Write 353 Mixed 364 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 26.7 118% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 83.5 93% 157 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 64GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6448 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1810 (B1) Unknown 92 92 264 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43559935351
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	109% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 196 Mixed 196 145% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.39 138% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 678GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2844 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1843 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2523 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 25 (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 0	93.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 163 Mixed 162 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.26 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 24GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1592 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 19 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 26 26 54661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1469 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 25 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 25 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.1% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 47.1 Mixed 47.2 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 75%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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