Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics4.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z87 Extreme3  (all builds)
Memory14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20130704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 22 '17 at 11:44
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 112
2-Core 227
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 620
68% 538 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600
Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB
CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 375.63
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
4.05% Terrible
Lighting 4.47
Reflection 4.12
Parallax 4.5
4% 4.36 fps
MRender 5.14
Gravity 5.03
Splatting 7.04
5% 5.74 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.05%
Great: 4%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB
900GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
55.4% Above average
Read 103
Write 89.7
Mixed 89.7
71% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.39
4K Mixed 0.16
63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 77%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28
24GB free, PID 5580
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
48.1% Average
Read 41.6
Write 32.8
Mixed 25
40% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 4.64
554% 8.25 MB/s
DQ Read 10.2
DQ Write 11.4
DQ Mixed 4.68
584% 8.74 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.6% Below average
MC Read 11.6
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9.3
31% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 12.1
SC Mixed 11.4
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 60.5
66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 34.6%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z87 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 296 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme3 - $166

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $444
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HDDRAMUSB
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