Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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	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 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 03:47
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 570 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 330 478 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0CFB) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.26% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 2.6 5% 3.67 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3 3% 4.27 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 232 112 133 130 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 438 Mixed 368 SusWrite 186 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.6 212% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 171 176 176 176 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 175 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 175 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 264% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 171 176 180 178 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 82 SusWrite 177 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 256% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 177 181 183 181 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 171 Mixed 81 SusWrite 180 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 263% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 175 176 175 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 162 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 174 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 267% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 172 176 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 169 Mixed 81 SusWrite 173 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 177 180 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 169 Mixed 84 SusWrite 177 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 174 178 180 178 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 168 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 178 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 265% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4 - $129

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	477x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	288x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	99x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16