Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 90.7 76% 98 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 103 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 218 Mixed 287 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 38.5 132% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 238 236 240 241 241 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.9% Good	Read 253 Write 47 Mixed 220 SusWrite 238 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 34.4 114% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 196 147% 196 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 421GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 114 115 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 114 66% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 77 73 67 64 68 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 84.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 68.6 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$79 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 14GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 99 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 58.8 Write 66 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 98.4 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1866C10 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M2A1866C10 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,525x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	557x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	173x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	140x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

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Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16