Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 23:59
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 494 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1940 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 50 214749478946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12208 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6325927885 (F7) Unknown 100 100 198167446 (F8) Unknown 100 100 54836525 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 475 Write 313 Mixed 317 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 22.5 84% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 45.1 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 174414606 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3116916 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 454688794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 197 (C2) HDA temperature 26 16 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 3 174414606 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64789581660340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4735573012 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1119403002	110% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 144 131% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3716 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3641 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 27 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 141 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.28 129% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 20.3 Mixed 25.3 32% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.79 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 1.43 161% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 33 Write 13.2 Mixed 18.2 24% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.09 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 1.19 110% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
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 $109Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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