Asrock Z390 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 15:05
Run Duration	416 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 890 93% 744 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E98) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.72 6% 9.31 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 461GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 462 474 459 470 461 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,806 Write 1,363 Mixed 1280 SusWrite 520 277% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 76 246% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1312 DQ Write 819 DQ Mixed 586 566% 906 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 311%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 187GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1600 1708 1704 1763 1740 1730 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	496% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 1683 Mixed 1,869 SusWrite 1,708 410% 1,820 MB/s	4K Read 250 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 226 779% 228 MB/s	DQ Read 1,801 DQ Write 1,367 DQ Mixed 1,536 1,162% 1,568 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 496% Great: 559%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 193GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1356 308 311 310 311 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,362 Write 1,465 Mixed 936 SusWrite 485 290% 1,312 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 88.6 305% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 971 DQ Write 1,465 DQ Mixed 997 816% 1,144 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 453GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2267 920 624 625 626 626 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,437 Write 2,263 Mixed 763 SusWrite 948 357% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.2 197% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,956 DQ Write 1,554 DQ Mixed 1,406 1,147% 1,639 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 313%
zyrexSSD 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: 0208 SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 651 311 310 312 311 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 84% Great: 89%
Jmicron Generic 512GB 619 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 278GB free Firmware: 1507 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 313 306 307 307 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 350 Write 310 Mixed 222 SusWrite 308 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 10.1 47% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 23.9 DQ Mixed 34.4 30% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 135 136 135 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 121 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 139 137 139 140 139 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 135 Write 120 Mixed 65 SusWrite 137 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 120%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 96%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Extreme4 - $200

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	383x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	313x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	286x

GPU
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	108x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	106x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	95x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	81x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	70x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	46x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 30,689 samples	42x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	36x

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Value: 115% - Outstanding

Total price: $732

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