Asrock Z87 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 14:43
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 395 55% 405 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 73.4 63% 77.6 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 66.7 58% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5958 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1307 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40989776 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 209 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4390 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8627 (F9) Unknown 100 100 361885664	93.6% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 350 Mixed 392 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 23.6 140% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 72.4 119% 228 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 98%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150848712 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39033035 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 30 70 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1349 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 981GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 12097675 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 56 73106853026 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2869 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65548 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521666591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 25769803807 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 29 12097675 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98032628514353 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2330371389 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1361862820	46.9% Average	Read 87.2 Write 76.1 Mixed 77.5 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.51 114% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 40GB free Firmware: 06.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2963 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (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	43.9% Average	Read 91.3 Write 61.5 Mixed 86.7 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 16.7 11% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 20.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 91%

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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 $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