Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	228% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 04:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 532 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 26.3 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 22.8 21% 22.8 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 18.8 19% 24.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 633 Mixed 886 256% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 69.1 287% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 685 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 138 198% 378 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 234%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 124GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 35116 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1121 (B1) Unknown 89 89 384 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65358647202	113% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 440 Mixed 505 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 32.2 168% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 93.6 138% 261 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 54GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7522 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7207 (E8) Unknown 100 100 13524205198 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	106% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 362 Mixed 391 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 37.6 173% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 124 151% 264 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	274x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	244x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	114x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	28x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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