Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160414
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration	385 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 589 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 52.7 33% 43 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 41.3 30% 35.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 841GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP4C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 104708707 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 95 3508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28491318 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164412 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 622526501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 20 104708707 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 23.3 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.61 131% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 26GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 8.78 Mixed 15.6 20% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.13 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 1.41 130% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 19%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 64GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 18.3 Mixed 21.4 29% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.74 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.5 58% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 29%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 0GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 7.74 Mixed 13.1 17% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.5% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme3 - $166

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	96x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	69x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	14x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 7,771 samples	10x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	8x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $444

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