Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% 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	135% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160412
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 562 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3124) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 24.2 22% 24.1 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 25.2 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm961 NVMe SED Samsung 256GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB72D7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 305 304 312 320 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,302 Write 911 Mixed 644 SusWrite 334 177% 798 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 39.1 136% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 574 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 446 336% 456 MB/s
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 248%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free Firmware: 0009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 167 184 181 184 194 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 413 Write 176 Mixed 229 SusWrite 181 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 15.9 76% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 57.5 63% 106 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 72%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 394GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 85 83 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 89.8 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 84.5 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 230GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 84 85 87 86 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 118 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 86.2 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 436GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 98 99 95 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.8 Mixed 67.9 SusWrite 98.3 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 68%
Lsilogic Logical Volume 109GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 5GB free Firmware: 3000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 22 23 24 23 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	Read 59.7 Write 22 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 23 25% 33.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1869DT2TXRG 2x4GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 74%

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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	274x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	245x
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	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 53% - Above average

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16