Asrock Z87 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z87 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160412
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 14:30
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 608 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3686) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 72.2 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.6 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 300 303 309 307 305 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 316 Write 303 Mixed 296 SusWrite 299 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 36.8 118% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 219 153% 194 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 625GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 902 949 950 924 938 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 917 Write 727 Mixed 809 SusWrite 903 189% 839 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 73.6 240% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 1,118 DQ Write 1,162 DQ Mixed 1,126 850% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 372%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 24 Write 23.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 16.3 28% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 178% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 16 16 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 14 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 14.8 16% 9.77 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

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Typical Z87 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 921 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z87 Extreme4 - $224

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $496

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) $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