Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 21:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 460 58% 443 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 39.9 26% 34.6 fps	MRender 42.5 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 33.2 31% 38.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 460 466 460 464 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 434 Mixed 342 SusWrite 445 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.1 207% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 419 430 430 431 432 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 430 Mixed 312 SusWrite 415 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.2 163% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 156 166% 277 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 636GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 94 95 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 93.9 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.5 5.6 6.4 6.8 7.5 6.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 12.2 Mixed 14 SusWrite 6 17% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 118% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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	98x

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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