Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.9% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140708
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '16 at 04:04
Run Duration	403 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 520 66% 500 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% XFX(1682 9285) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2111.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 58.3 40% 53.6 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 41.6 36% 45.1 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1446 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2883588 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 188 188 47264301213 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 171800330272 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	68.7% Good	Read 406 Write 210 Mixed 202 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 18.8 100% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 24.3 74% 162 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 179GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185071545 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8618979982 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 605552674 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 15 185071545 (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 100390565588226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2481226971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2147669533	49.6% Average	Read 90.1 Write 82.8 Mixed 76.1 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 195GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3851 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3761 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 116 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.36 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	9.2% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 3.02 Mixed 5.16 9% 9.16 MB/s	4K Read 4.81 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.19 109% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 20 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 90%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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