Asrock Z87 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.4% 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	100% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 02:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 180 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 340 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 94% 114 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3054 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 611 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18129261918	100% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 405 Mixed 414 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 38.5 160% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 26.8 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5695 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1072 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 73 55 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 101452 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5467669757	80.9% Excellent	Read 498 Write 251 Mixed 353 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 25.7 134% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 85.6 81% 119 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 30092427687 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 409 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 146029936667 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 184 Mixed 171 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 304GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1625 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2369 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69% Good	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 109 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL11 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Pro3 - $162

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	86x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	39x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $524

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