Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.6% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160412
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 17:43
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 378 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36BA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 125 Parallax 124 95% 122 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 7126186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -81449759783691 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1752 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 996 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7126186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7126186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7126186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21559 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17272 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17272 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27046	55.7% Above average	Read 493 Write 129 Mixed 195 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 10.2 76% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 9.04 42% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2859 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51411 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 28 (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	84.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 136 Mixed 132 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB 962 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 822GB free Firmware: 5438 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 79 Mixed 76.5 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 58%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	273x
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	37x
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 $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