Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '22 at 00:16
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 226 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 643 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 177 Parallax 184 130% 174 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 49 32 34 27 25 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	39.6% Below average	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 164 SusWrite 41.4 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 19.4 75% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 80.4 87% 153 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 191GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 363 347 389 367 379 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 508 Write 435 Mixed 346 SusWrite 364 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 32.6 108% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 66.4 DQ Mixed 101 106% 184 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 133%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 16GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 126 113 125 118 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 257 Write 134 Mixed 143 SusWrite 118 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 18.9 68% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 57.8 51% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 48%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 114GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 520 475 527 354 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 834 Write 558 Mixed 636 SusWrite 430 137% 615 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 32.3 107% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 90.8 130% 257 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 246%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 180 148 165 164 154 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 214 Mixed 101 SusWrite 162 128% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 372% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 138%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 172GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 64 67 66 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 83.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 66.8 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 66 71 71 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 76.1 Write 75.2 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 70.5 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 122 106 117 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 130 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 113 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 80%

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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 $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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