Asrock Z87 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 15:33
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 92 2-Core 182 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 356 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4280 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 5.5 3% 4.81 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 6.61 5% 5.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2443 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 318 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 58 56 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3011979693	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 405 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 44.3 164% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 109 133% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 428GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 163 8158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66853 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 76.1 Mixed 98.5 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 101%
Patriot Memory 16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 1f00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 14.3 Mixed 16.1 23% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 40% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Pro3 - $162

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	86x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	39x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $589

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