Asrock Z97 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (100th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 0 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 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 20:34
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 746 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 73.6 67% 80 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 76.3 Splatting 81.6 66% 80.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SMI 2263XT 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: R022 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 123 123 121 126 129 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	196% Outstanding	Read 1,615 Write 1,490 Mixed 1,059 SusWrite 139 240% 1,076 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 345 4K Mixed 45.7 305% 144 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 79.4 254% 536 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 196%
silicon-power 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID b113 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 8 6.4 7.2 8 6.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.1% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 7 9% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.1% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA1339.C16F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 1315 CT51264BA1339.C16F 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 18.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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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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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 $140Bench 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 $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