Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 744 81% 640 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.2 94% 109 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 101 91% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
G-drive SSD 1TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 353GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 423 Write 422 Mixed 356 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 22.7 84% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 69.5 77% 128 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 89%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,019 Write 1,196 Mixed 1,232 327% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 45 212% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 172 186% 316 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 769 Write 280 Mixed 401 106% 484 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 31.7 165% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 141 172% 307 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 147%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 41.9 95% 41.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97 Extreme9 Builds (Compare 67 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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