Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '16 at 19:59
Run Duration	1573 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 133 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 537 71% 534 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.19% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 7.03 3% 6.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.19% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 96% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.2 82% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2048 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 81 81 961 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B5) Unknown 100 100 22625980583690 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 81 81 19 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	60.3% Good	Read 335 Write 214 Mixed 260 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 1.69 92% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 19.3 65% 142 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 517GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73510 (C2) HDA temperature 99 94 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.1% Average	Read 76 Write 81.2 Mixed 75.1 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 354GB free Firmware: SD24 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101465481 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3779 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 291531903 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4038 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 32 -3520659411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 139911 (C2) HDA temperature 45 68 60129542189 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 37 101465481 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.2% Above average	Read 90.9 Write 84 Mixed 53.8 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 246GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 166 1900 (04) Start/Stop count 33 33 67834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1273549 (C2) HDA temperature 99 78 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.9% Average	Read 67 Write 75.2 Mixed 68.3 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 232GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 152 141 1391 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1909 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 11641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3631972 (C2) HDA temperature 94 77 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27263 (F1) Unknown 200 200 37030428579 (F2) Unknown 200 200 40350345901 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	33.5% Below average	Read 47.8 Write 68.7 Mixed 64.9 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.29 69% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 41%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 215GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 144 1366 (04) Start/Stop count 40 40 60867 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1061 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 137 137 191806 (C2) HDA temperature 98 90 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 94.4 Mixed 96.5 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 61GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 200 Mixed 187 262% 211 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 5.13 606% 9.31 MB/s	DQ Read 12.9 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 5.19 623% 9.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 7.63 Mixed 6.6 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.48 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2002 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 - $220

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	555x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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