Asrock Z87 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.1% 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	8GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 505 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 77.2 67% 82.2 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 69.3 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 176 188 180 180 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 228 Mixed 266 SusWrite 183 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.1 172% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 205 168% 242 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
Corsair Force GT 90GB-$96 764 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 64GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 113 114 112 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 385 Write 123 Mixed 184 SusWrite 110 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38 160% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 145 112% 154 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 78%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free Firmware: R021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 154 139 136 131 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 362 Write 484 Mixed 378 SusWrite 176 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.1 157% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 273 208% 278 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Constellation CS 3TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 1.5TB free Firmware: CN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 96 98 98 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 135 Write 115 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 95.1 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% 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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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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