Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 02:15
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 136 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 136 18% 133 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3814) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 200 91% 127 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 110 Splatting 79.2 78% 96.8 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,850 Write 2,116 Mixed 1,604 415% 1,857 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 81.6 267% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 515 DQ Mixed 683 510% 685 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 188GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 93 93 94 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.7% Good	Read 184 Write 173 Mixed 167 SusWrite 93.2 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 42.2 136% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 132 99% 132 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 89 89 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 176 Write 167 Mixed 148 SusWrite 88.3 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 30.4 107% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 109 84% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 707GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 84 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 77.6 Write 82.7 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 83.8 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 97 97 97 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 175 Write 126 Mixed 76.6 SusWrite 97.3 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 166 167 167 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 152 Mixed 104 SusWrite 166 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 4,160 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 13.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

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