Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z87 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160412
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateApr 27 '17 at 01:26
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 86
1-Core 126
2-Core 245
85% 153 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 663
69% 552 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 95.9
90% 107 fps
MRender 97.5
Gravity 99.6
Splatting 99.2
81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71
322GB free
Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
39% Below average
Read 73.9
Write 61.9
Mixed 64.3
50% 66.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.09
4K Mixed 0.38
79% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 39%
Great: 45%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
44.3% Average
Read 69.3
Write 85.1
Mixed 90.7
62% 81.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.19
68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 69%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB
140GB free
Firmware: GT001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
41.2% Average
Read 75.1
Write 68.3
Mixed 83.6
57% 75.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.19
62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
27.6% Poor
MC Read 8.9
MC Write 9.1
MC Mixed 7.7
24% 8.57 GB/s
SC Read 8
SC Write 9.1
SC Mixed 8.7
25% 8.6 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 27.6%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z87 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $431
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