Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '22 at 08:01
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 244 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 644 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 89% 110 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,208 Write 4,536 Mixed 5,067 1,171% 5,270 MB/s	4K Read 578 4K Write 238 4K Mixed 314 1,404% 377 MB/s	DQ Read 1,179 DQ Write 655 DQ Mixed 798 626% 878 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 210GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 407 408 405 393 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 344 Mixed 305 SusWrite 403 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 27.4 106% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 160 128% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 817GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 137 136 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 152 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 135 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 1,383 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 72%

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

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Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 238 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

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