Asrock Z87 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 05:14
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 201 81% 137 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 448 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 80.7 73% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 227 218 221 219 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 454 Mixed 368 SusWrite 246 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.4 206% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 523GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 175 173 171 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 151 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 174 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%
WDC WD30 EZRX-22D8PB0 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 122 123 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 105 SusWrite 124 166% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%
WDC WD30 EZRX-22D8PB0 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 122 123 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 104 SusWrite 124 167% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

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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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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Pro3 - $162

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	86x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	39x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	26x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
MX500 1TBCrucial $68Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	10x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16