Asrock Z87 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% 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	118% 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 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 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 12:25
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 601 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 47.8 32% 41 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 40.1 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 272 274 275 271 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 372 SusWrite 290 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60 204% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 252GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 106 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 125 Mixed 97.9 SusWrite 106 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z87 Pro4 Builds (Compare 423 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Pro4 - $170

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	107x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	60x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	31x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	31x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	15x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $479

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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