Asrock Z87M Extreme4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87M Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180810
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 03:28
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 349 50% 366 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 251 248 243 246 244 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 400 Write 268 Mixed 284 SusWrite 248 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 26.2 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 178 161% 246 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 142GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 72 69 67 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 408 Write 65.4 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 68.5 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 16.6 62% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 36.1 62% 128 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 115%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 189 164 128 179 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 111 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 171 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 942GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 112 104 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68% Good	Read 123 Write 110 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 113 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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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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Typical Z87M Extreme4 Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87M Extreme4 - $200

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	56x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	39x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	21x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	19x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
SN520 NVMe WDC 128GBPCBench 120%, 1,325 samples	9x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	20x
CT102464BD160B.M16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,109 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	5x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $415

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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