Asrock Z87 Extreme6

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '21 at 20:20
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 709 78% 613 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 7.4 3% 4.7 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 5% 5.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 459 460 463 467 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 462 Mixed 448 SusWrite 458 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.7 194% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 251 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
LSI MR9265-8i 5TB 4.5TB free Firmware: 3.46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 992 992 992 992 992 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 435GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2285 844 844 844 842 843 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 2,172 Mixed 1707 SusWrite 1,083 392% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 93.4 305% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,155 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 731 561% 781 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 355%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 28GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 43 43 42 42 41 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 76.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 42.4 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT451U6MFR8Y-DC0 2x4GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 43.5 92% 43.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

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Typical Z87 Extreme6 Builds (Compare 268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme6 - $199

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	95x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	69x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	25x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	17x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	9x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	11x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 6,467 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $464

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 $184	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) $35	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