Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.5% 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	81.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150319
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 20:53
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 111 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 574 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.6 59% 68.4 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 56.9 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15089 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (A2) Unknown 100 100 449 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4522114 (AE) Unknown 100 100 149 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 951 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12207 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10602	81.1% Excellent	Read 515 Write 240 Mixed 393 84% 383 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.3 112% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 12.3 94% 220 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 622GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 107 100 7650 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14198 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154991 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (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	62.2% Good	Read 117 Write 100 Mixed 92.5 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 134 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51647 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 26 (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	62.3% Good	Read 125 Write 91.4 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 168GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48060886 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13277 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 466625128 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 872 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 571867164 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 48060886 (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 -44147968791827 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2172700294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2212889205	54.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 88 Mixed 89.8 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 992GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 88.4 Mixed 75.5 106% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 49%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 573GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 37.4 Mixed 35.4 47% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 85%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	20x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x

SSD
SX6000LNP 256GBAdataBench 168%, 9,539 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	2x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

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 $40	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