Asrock X79 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock X79 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3820 38,674 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 186 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 477 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8740) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 117 Parallax 106 99% 115 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 84.3 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 247 Write 238 Mixed 197 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 27.4 94% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 194 145% 193 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 106%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 88GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 129 129 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 128 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 146GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 151 154 155 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 147 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 152 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 18GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 25 25 26 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 62 Write 22.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 24.8 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 60%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 0GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 76.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 51.5 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.2 194% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 97%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 866GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 140 142 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 139 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,250 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.4 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 107%

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

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Typical X79 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 249 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme4 - $290

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	86x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	51x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GBSamsungBench 201%, 5,877 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 4x4GBCorsairBench 52%, 780 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS 2x8GBCrucialBench 43%, 2,652 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 2x8GBCorsairBench 44%, 2,237 samples	7x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $818

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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