Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 481 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 149 Parallax 135 120% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th 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 5009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 44 240519020576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17544945554 (F7) Unknown 100 100 552185816 (F8) Unknown 100 100 276249373 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3594 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 483 Write 342 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 27.6 121% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 49.7 102% 210 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 104%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 16GB free Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 1737 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1028 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 42953932834 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 70 70 31 (EA) Unknown 100 100 389471 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21874 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14844 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 24144	106% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 457 Mixed 420 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34 140% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 61.4 121% 245 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 189GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 219 8708 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 523 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6873 (C2) HDA temperature 114 81 36 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.8% Average	Read 78 Write 67.4 Mixed 70.2 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1071 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 25 78 (BE) vendor-specific 66 34 25731721134114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4358 (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	99.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 178 Mixed 145 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB 7,947 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 45GB free Firmware: PC4OC70E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 124554051586 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7763 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 30665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1286 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 333194 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 257698758686 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.6% Average	Read 64.3 Write 80.5 Mixed 67.5 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 8GBH2X04E99924-15- 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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	474x
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	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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