Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	277% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 05:03
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	v631
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 638 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 124 Parallax 119 102% 123 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 111 Splatting 99.3 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1412 1427 1428 1422 1424 1428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1858 Write 1382 Mixed 806 SusWrite 1,424 306% 1,367 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 63.8 260% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 443 429% 705 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 283%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY256MBF 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 190GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 438 444 442 443 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 400 Mixed 325 SusWrite 440 88% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.7 163% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 255 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 163 168 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 151 Mixed 72 SusWrite 165 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 96%
Seagate USB 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 865GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 113 111 112 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 110 Write 85.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 113 121% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 148%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $160Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $928

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