Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	208% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 532 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,301 Write 629 Mixed 876 275% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 40.8 248% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 70 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 128 98% 128 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 234%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 124GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 35116 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1121 (B1) Unknown 89 89 384 (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 75 54 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65349888978	104% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 485 Mixed 497 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 29.7 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 26.2 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 54GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7522 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7207 (E8) Unknown 100 100 13516712709 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	95.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 368 Mixed 391 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 36.6 161% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 22.2 35% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 253 Write 78.7 Mixed 79.2 140% 137 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 8.67 4K Mixed 4.79 507% 8.87 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 5.27 628% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

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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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	273x
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	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 55% - Above average

Total price: $431

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