Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140915
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 626 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 77.8 67% 82.6 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 69.7 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 381 369 343 318 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 474 Mixed 344 SusWrite 354 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.9 165% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 319 241% 324 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2.5TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 819GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 330 292 322 329 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 319 Write 165 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 314 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.9 7% 3.47 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 7.2 8% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 196%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 312GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 59 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 59.5 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 337GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 77 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 64.2 Write 56.7 Mixed 40 SusWrite 76.7 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 51%
ST ST500DM002-1BD14 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 465GB free, PID 1e40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 39 Mixed 29 SusWrite 39.7 50% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	556x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	39x
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	25x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $862

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16