Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 01:25
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 396 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3679) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.7% Average	Lighting 56.8 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 56.7 46% 59.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 52.4 48% 59.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 170GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12137 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11016 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12888309791 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 44 188979675171 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21475753998 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 984 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1328 (F1) Unknown 253 253 945 (F2) Unknown 253 253 54915 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.9% Average	Read 447 Write 187 Mixed 148 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 9.39 43% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 34.2 64% 129 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12275 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11022 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39842073049	89% Excellent	Read 509 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 29.9 118% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 21.7 56% 120 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 6GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16707 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 12826 (B1) Unknown 89 89 130 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18939719567	38.6% Below average	Read 339 Write 32.7 Mixed 75 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 10.4 58% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 26.1 49% 100 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 563GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 108 Write 125 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.07 20% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

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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	1,518x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	947x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	309x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	236x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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