Asrock Z87-M8

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	102% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87-M8 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141007
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 09:10
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 633 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 108 Parallax 99 80% 102 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 97.7 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 95 92 89 79 81 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 437 Mixed 368 SusWrite 124 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.3 190% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 320GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 467 463 448 450 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 445 Mixed 400 SusWrite 454 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 66.2 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 366 276% 368 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 161GB free Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 211 210 207 212 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 259 Mixed 286 SusWrite 210 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.6 170% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 270 200% 264 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 93%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 612GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 78 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 76.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 78.1 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%

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Typical Z87-M8 Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87-M8

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	5x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	3x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
335 Series 240GBIntel $219Bench 77%, 4,220 samples	2x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x
CT102464BF160B.T16 0118 16GBUnknownBench 57%, 3 samples	3x
M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 40,451 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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