Asrock Z87 Extreme9/ac

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.2% 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 Drive335% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z87 Extreme9/ac  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 01 '20 at 23:59
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 96.8
1-Core 125
2-Core 266
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 699
73% 585 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700
AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
97.2% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 120
Parallax 201
102% 149 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 143
Splatting 84.4
87% 109 fps
Poor: 85%
This bench: 97.2%
Great: 98%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$167
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFM13.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2536 2565 2339 2303 2059 2174 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
335% Outstanding
Read 1,670
Write 1,816
Mixed 1,625
SusWrite 2,329
421% 1,860 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 185
4K Mixed 77.5
261% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,156
DQ Write 840
DQ Mixed 1,056
773% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 183%
This bench: 335%
Great: 496%
OCZ RALLY2 4GB
4GB free, PID bc06
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
8.86% Terrible
Read 34.9
Write 6.8
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 6.8
15% 14.2 MB/s
4K Read 9.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
40% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 8.86%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 21.5
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 23.1
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 26.4
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 51.1
78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87 Extreme9/ac Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme9/ac

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $277
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