Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.9% 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	128% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 12:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 634 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1080 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 195 100% 135 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 128 Splatting 124 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 633 625 574 616 608 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 704 Mixed 520 SusWrite 614 143% 634 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 47.9 167% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 227 176% 242 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 220%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 89GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 245 244 240 244 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 463 Write 248 Mixed 172 SusWrite 244 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 26.1 126% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 60.6 108% 217 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 85%
KingFast 253GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 156GB free Firmware: N0711A SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 298 296 298 298 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 303 Mixed 298 SusWrite 297 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 41.2 149% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 189 163% 237 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 95%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 765GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 80 81 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 79.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 81.9 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,149 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	36x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16