Asrock Z87 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160414
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 05:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 332 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.5 86% 104 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 89.9 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 307 168 149 134 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 388 Mixed 334 SusWrite 204 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 47.6 158% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 164GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 290 293 294 294 294 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 438 Write 293 Mixed 269 SusWrite 290 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 31.6 118% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 184 164% 247 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 89%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 931GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 108 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 187 Write 183 Mixed 120 SusWrite 107 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%
Dell Portable 1TB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 895GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 92 89 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 90.8 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%

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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 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 296 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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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 $62Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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