Asrock Z97 Extreme9

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	83.5% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme9 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 05:48
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 659 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 149 Parallax 125 108% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 154 163 161 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 359 Write 329 Mixed 288 SusWrite 158 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 47.4 162% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 202 152% 205 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 4GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,705 Write 882 Mixed 454 221% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 47.8 200% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 766 DQ Mixed 862 661% 904 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 342 Write 330 Mixed 303 SusWrite 106 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 53.8 170% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 202 153% 205 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 43GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 167 167 153 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 314 Write 131 Mixed 152 SusWrite 156 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 30.2 128% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 86.5 DQ Mixed 132 115% 179 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 372GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 106 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 354 Write 325 Mixed 318 SusWrite 106 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 49.6 168% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 198 150% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 219GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 310 307 311 312 307 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 349 Write 331 Mixed 317 SusWrite 312 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 52.7 174% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 197 149% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 170 171 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 165 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 169 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 145 146 149 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 145 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 791GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 147 148 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 147 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 108%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 536GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	Read 35 Write 36.5 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 37.4 50% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 10.6 783% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 10.2 DQ Write 12.9 DQ Mixed 11.4 864% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme9

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	46x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	7x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	7x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDBNCE2500PNC 250GBWDCBench 88%, 7,201 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	6x
Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 1,133 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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