Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130704
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 01:21
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 194 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 304 38% 288 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 129 Parallax 124 98% 125 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 402 Mixed 280 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 45.3 156% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 183 183% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 23GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 166 159 169 175 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 403 Write 176 Mixed 201 SusWrite 165 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 13.8 89% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 30 50% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 159GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 166 171 177 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 127 Write 107 Mixed 73 SusWrite 173 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 46GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 150 149 128 140 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 168 Write 121 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 142 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 32GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 51 53 53 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 36 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 51.9 28% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 14.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme3 - $166

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	96x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	69x
Core i5-4570Intel $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	14x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	8x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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