Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 634 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 64.8 56% 69 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 58.5 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 352 339 329 319 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 428 Mixed 326 SusWrite 335 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.7 164% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 178 177% 286 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 31GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 75 77 75 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 422 Write 81.2 Mixed 126 SusWrite 76.1 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 40 147% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 90.7 68% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 70%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 530GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 141 141 141 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 58 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 140 67% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 170% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z87 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	273x
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	37x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 55% - Above average

Total price: $431

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