Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160414
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 09:59
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 452 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 113% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 125 161 144 160 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 302 Write 178 Mixed 202 SusWrite 150 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.7 141% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 93 102% 174 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 290GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 132 133 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 136 SusWrite 132 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 103GB free Firmware: 3A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 99 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 98 Write 95.2 Mixed 57 SusWrite 97 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%
WD WD1600AAJS-00V4A0 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 928GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 140 140 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 77 Write 41 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 140 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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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 $99Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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