Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 613 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3765) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 40.5 29% 36.2 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 42 Splatting 36.3 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 28%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.8 88% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 98.1 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Visiontek mSATA 240GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 223GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8595480181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -83202106458112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 45 45 120262033453 (C2) HDA temperature 45 45 120262033453 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8595480181 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8595480181 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8595480181 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2	91.7% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 329 Mixed 396 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 23.9 137% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 97.5 121% 213 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 77 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1570354974	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 407 Mixed 412 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 99.6 120% 211 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (64) Unknown 100 100 774880 (65) Unknown 100 100 191488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 235 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1340 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 163209478175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 23 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1390 (EA) Unknown 100 100 872 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1148 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2776 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 23	68.2% Good	Read 480 Write 263 Mixed 270 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 12.2 88% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 25.9 59% 126 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 704GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387657129 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2519 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2704 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2704 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180389281824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 590	61.5% Good	Read 99.4 Write 115 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 534GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10360 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5378 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3753 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 63 320012307 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 437452826 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 111053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	43.1% Average	Read 85.8 Write 64.2 Mixed 35 45% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 301GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1779 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1835 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979281953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 145 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	274x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	244x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	114x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $496

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