Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160414
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 09:01
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 371 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 133 102% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 132 137 162 152 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 333 Write 189 Mixed 191 SusWrite 136 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 33 116% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 127 119% 187 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 82%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2.5TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 26 31 35 35 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 57 Write 41.3 Mixed 15 SusWrite 28.8 26% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 68 84 83 87 84 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 78.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 77.3 99% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22.9 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z87 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 296 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16