Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 21:56
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 647 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 116% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 396 166 49 43 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 449 Write 366 Mixed 346 SusWrite 137 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 0.3 43% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 13.8 DQ Mixed 0.3 15% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 102%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 250GB 837 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 42 41 41 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.4% Very poor	Read 39 Write 41.1 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 41.5 9% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 12.9 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 26.1 DQ Mixed 27.5 20% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 77%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 115GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 38 37 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 87.5 Write 32.4 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 37 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 5TB 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 924GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 35.9 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 40.6 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3.16FE 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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Typical Z97 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 1,143 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	474x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	286x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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) $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