Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1 (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160524
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '22 at 06:44
Run Duration	437 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 406 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.8 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 6.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 126 Parallax 80.3 74% 98.9 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 78.5 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 242 213 240 231 197 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 1,226 Write 1,384 Mixed 361 SusWrite 275 181% 812 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 35.5 102% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 148 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 254%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$270 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 448GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 157 143 160 156 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 473 Write 412 Mixed 390 SusWrite 176 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 35.9 113% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 45.4 DQ Mixed 81.3 92% 166 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 215GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 83 73 68 68 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 444 Write 410 Mixed 346 SusWrite 92.1 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 28.6 102% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 82.4 88% 158 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 121%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 610GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 22 19 24 25 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 74.7 Write 76.8 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 25 37% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 511GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 29 82 90 91 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 77.8 Write 105 Mixed 74 SusWrite 71.6 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 51% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 29 26 31 35 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 94 Write 74.8 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 31 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 90%
SABRENT 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 924GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 283 267 296 234 214 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	194% Outstanding	Read 310 Write 281 Mixed 272 SusWrite 259 378% 281 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 28.1 2,013% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 42.1 3,002% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 194%
SABRENT 1TB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 396GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 284 81 79 78 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 313 Write 285 Mixed 269 SusWrite 151 336% 255 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 25.6 1,886% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 41.5 DQ Mixed 38.8 2,829% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 293%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme4/3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	20x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	3x

SSD
SX6000LNP 256GBAdataBench 168%, 9,539 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	2x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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