Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151012
Uptime	21.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 639 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%

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: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 51.1 Reflection 47.4 Parallax 42 42% 46.8 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 38.4 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34945 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 146 (B1) Unknown 88 88 418 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42111867105	68.6% Good	Read 500 Write 291 Mixed 307 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 21.1 96% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 13.7 19% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 355GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 234 223 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11914 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 4 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 60963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11914 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	56.2% Above average	Read 100 Write 95.3 Mixed 97.9 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99924-15- 8GBBNAUDEBA 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 15.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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Typical Z97 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 238 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme3 - $80

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	73x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	60x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	17x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	13x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x
Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 63%, 577 samples	9x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	6x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $728

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