Asrock Z87 Extreme6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme6 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 15:35
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 461 57% 438 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 90% 113 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 90.1 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 785GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 173 173 175 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 111 SusWrite 174 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.5% Average	MC Read 11 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 76%

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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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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 $62Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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