Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 00:18
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 255 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 360 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 196 Parallax 176 149% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 54 53 46 52 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 346 Write 331 Mixed 283 SusWrite 81.7 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 29.8 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 131 122% 187 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 43GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 164 160 154 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 485 Mixed 459 SusWrite 195 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.4 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 129%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 107GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 78 83 81 79 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 75.7 Write 76.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 81.7 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 58%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 94GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 159 158 162 162 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 106 Write 116 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 161 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 194% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 113%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 7.2 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Read 41.3 Write 13.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 9.2 19% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	287x
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 $400Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $45	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