Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160527
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 15:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 140 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 551 75% 558 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB; AORUS Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition 11G CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.80 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 222 Parallax 211 158% 209 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 187 Splatting 133 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCM-256M3S 256GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 130GB free Firmware: WRS1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1736 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1739 (B1) Unknown 100 100 40068 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 499 Write 379 Mixed 418 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 32.8 118% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 12% 17 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 92%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3916 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 121 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15723916495832 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 485 Write 190 Mixed 219 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 6.92 89% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 90.2 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 9.36 32% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 34618 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 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	75.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 134 Mixed 103 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 80 5520 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7690 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11749 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209478177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7795	74.7% Very good	Read 115 Write 145 Mixed 64.5 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.54 140% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%

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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	59x
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	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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 $182	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) $30	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