Asrock Z97 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 00:40
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$50 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 95.7 1-Core 90 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 167 24% 177 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Device(107D 2738) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.9 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23% Poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 30.7 18% 25.9 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 35 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 275GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 632 Mixed 744 172% 773 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 14.5 101% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 14.9 83% 183 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 179%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 171 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67774 (C2) HDA temperature 126 99 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 121 Write 122 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 951GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 885GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	143% Outstanding	Read 253 Write 246 Mixed 210 177% 236 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.51 181% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 143%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 550GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 448GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 241 Write 249 Mixed 228 180% 239 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 4.18 4K Mixed 0.57 189% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 186%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CENTURY HQ MEMORY Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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	482x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	290x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	158x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	37x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $777

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