Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150512
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 02:07
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 589 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 59.6 55% 64.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 62 Splatting 51.9 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 189GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 105967381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -46531675666066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 48 60132687902 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 60132687902 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 105967381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 105967381 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 105967381 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6126 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3882 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3882 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2989	49.9% Average	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 127 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 14.5 92% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 41.4 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 85%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 56GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23361023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 18219251299667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 406 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 60133212195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23361023 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23361023 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23361023 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6389 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5241 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5241 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2513	51.2% Above average	Read 203 Write 119 Mixed 141 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 13 102% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 39.5 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11621 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 94 94 115 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26265333311	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 406 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 41.5 155% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 105 121% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 175 7733 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2316 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17326 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 123 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 305GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 90 6840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2506 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 134 Write 88 Mixed 104 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.14 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 157 Write 152 Mixed 116 178% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1352 SUPERTALENT02 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 59%

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Typical Z97 Extreme6/3.1 Builds (Compare 30 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 31%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	13x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	6x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x

SSD
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	3x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $290Bench 185%, 5,772 samples	2x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	4x
16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 0921 16G-D3-2400-MR 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 32GBUnknownBench 69%, 8 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16