Asrock Z87 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131226
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '16 at 06:21
Run Duration	344 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 514 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% EVGA(3842 2683) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 44 Reflection 39.7 Parallax 50.7 36% 44.8 fps	Gravity 38.1 Splatting 37.2 33% 37.6 fps
Poor: 29% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4321698 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -134363756861899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 84 64430014494 (C2) HDA temperature 30 84 64430014494 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4321698 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4321698 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4321698 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11739 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9504 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9504 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7648	68.7% Good	Read 483 Write 143 Mixed 228 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 19.5 116% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 45.3 62% 114 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11092 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 98 98 97 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 11 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17658982856	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 357 Mixed 415 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 38.5 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 146 156% 259 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1580 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 36 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 105 Mixed 125 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 691GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 12008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 458 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 100%
MONSTER OD ADVANCE 124GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 115GB free, PID 5650 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 132 Write 28.1 Mixed 26 58% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.18 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.98 100% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 31%
Patriot Memory 32GB 889 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 196 Write 25.8 Mixed 26.5 71% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.13 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.47 59% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme6 - $199

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	95x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	69x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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