Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160412
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 17:36
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 208 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 583 57% 467 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5635 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1757 (B1) Unknown 97 97 29 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 370 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15726518746	96.1% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 321 Mixed 350 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 26.6 148% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 82.6 120% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 118%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 142GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2572 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1610 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10220 (C2) HDA temperature 124 114 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.2% Average	Read 79.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 88.9 65% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 130GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62752096 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2917 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223356445 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 55835426829 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55684 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72219875075175 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36922862284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26971267997	92.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 132 Mixed 139 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 4.45 4K Mixed 0.36 142% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler G2 32GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 26GB free, PID 1624 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.43% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 5.1 Mixed 6.72 9% 8.46 MB/s	4K Read 5.49 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.43% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% 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	244x
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	60x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	59x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 55% - Above average

Total price: $431

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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