Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	61.8% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150313
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '20 at 07:24
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 375 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 124 Parallax 124 103% 125 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 103% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 77 79 77 80 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 341 Write 307 Mixed 141 SusWrite 90.1 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 29.8 112% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 116 105% 162 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 114%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 247GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 258 387 425 418 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 446 Mixed 398 SusWrite 384 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 44.3 162% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 221 203% 311 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 415GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 90 95 91 94 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.7 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 89.4 69% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 216GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 170 170 167 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 89.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 169 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 187 181 175 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 85%

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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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Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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