Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '22 at 22:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 249 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 637 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 2543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.3% Good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 85.4 74% 88.4 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 78 Splatting 69.4 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA500CM10003 500GB 6,074 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: STRSD013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 370 389 382 369 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 443 Write 356 Mixed 386 SusWrite 359 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 35.4 128% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 104 105% 180 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 136%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 372GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 475 502 461 491 497 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 424 Mixed 468 SusWrite 464 111% 494 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 38.5 152% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 53.8 DQ Mixed 96.3 95% 159 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 209%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 464GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 138 139 131 139 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 125 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 135 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 86%

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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 $90Bench 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: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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