Asrock Z97 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '19 at 19:14
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 672 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 112% 141 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1230 1202 1147 1141 1445 1370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,528 Write 1,036 Mixed 903 SusWrite 1,256 264% 1,181 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 59.3 217% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 572 415% 547 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 241%
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 315GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 213 255 254 253 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 492 Write 254 Mixed 283 SusWrite 240 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27.1 126% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 50.6 82% 156 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 81%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 146GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 244 265 264 264 265 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 444 Write 262 Mixed 250 SusWrite 255 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15.7 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 23.3 68% 143 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 74%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 129GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 217 215 220 226 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 251 Mixed 292 SusWrite 221 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.7 177% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 184 159% 236 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 94%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 293GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 405 406 405 401 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 417 Mixed 213 SusWrite 403 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.5 142% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 188 182% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 735GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 90 89 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 123 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 89.9 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 89 88 86 87 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 89.5 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 81 81 81 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 71 SusWrite 79.2 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 447GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 79 78 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 95 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 79.7 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 57%
Seagate ST9500320AS 500GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 213GB free Firmware: 0002BSM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 51.5 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 59.8 38% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 45%
WD easystore 25FB 2TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 120 113 116 117 114 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 128 Write 128 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 115 147% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 73%
Corsair Voyager 3.0 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 7GB free, PID 1a00 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 41.5 Write 12.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 12.3 23% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0 51% 4.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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