Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.9% 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	137% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 06:47
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 645 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.3 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 60.2 49% 62.5 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 52.7 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 92 89 100 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,189 Write 177 Mixed 232 SusWrite 117 92% 429 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 46.4 173% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 241 281% 519 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 283%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 615GB free Firmware: JP4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 86 83 82 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 38 Write 81.3 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 83.8 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 74%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$80 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 86 82 87 75 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 168 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 82 68% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 92%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10 Write 3.5 Mixed 4 6% 5.83 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 71%

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

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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