Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 09:16
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 414 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 42.9 42% 47.5 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 44 Splatting 39.6 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 120GB-$60 4,424 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 111GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158915035164	56.6% Above average	Read 436 Write 149 Mixed 123 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 6.52 84% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 21.8 51% 110 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 188 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2509661865	119% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 409 Mixed 417 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.8 199% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 52.9 100% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 565GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 247 (C2) HDA temperature 112 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 99.6 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.34 123% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 409GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92917673 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 266102449 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 22 92917673 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48494475769299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 516214661 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1086218187	51.6% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 23.8 49% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.45 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 70%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 149GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 249 179 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2103 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (BE) vendor-specific 48 14 52 (C2) HDA temperature 98 64 52 (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	35% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 61.9 Mixed 57.8 45% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.47 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0821 08G-D3-1600-MR 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%

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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 $133	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