Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130508
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 19:40
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 563 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 101 Parallax 91 83% 98 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 90.3 74% 91 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$65 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 220 214 214 205 129 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 412 Mixed 325 SusWrite 210 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 45.5 151% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 229 206% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 143GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 440 445 431 396 195 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 440 Mixed 386 SusWrite 388 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.9 162% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 35%

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

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Gaming 41%

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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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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