Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (71%). 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130704
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 16:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 173 75% 124 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 289 43% 314 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5107 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.28 3% 5.6 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 388 Write 376 Mixed 323 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 43.8 147% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 232 207% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 573GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 115 112 111 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 94 Write 88.2 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 114 65% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%

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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%

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 $274	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 $184	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