Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '16 at 04:38
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 710 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.0.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 80.2 51% 66.7 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 71 49% 58.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 120GB-$89 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 51GB free Firmware: 1.2 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 371 Write 173 Mixed 230 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 18.7 98% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 57.3 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q 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 5245 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2579 (B1) Unknown 97 97 26 (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 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13428496237
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 105GB free Firmware: 3.AHC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 750543697 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14848 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 35 1091633187 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 112388292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 78.8 Write 68.1 Mixed 27.7 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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