Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.5% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 15:37
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 389 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 108 Parallax 92.1 88% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 96.7 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 30 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16151 (A5) Unknown 100 100 89 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 984 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56215 (F2) Unknown 100 100 64404 (F5) Unknown 100 100 129208	59.7% Above average	Read 377 Write 287 Mixed 326 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 17.9 84% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 17.5 22% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 96%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 87GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (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 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1035 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6819 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4173 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8280	53.1% Above average	Read 268 Write 256 Mixed 262 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 17.6 83% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 17.4 21% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 84 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34386215316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2238 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274773536 (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 200 200 0	75.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 116GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2734 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2684 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 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	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.35 117% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 78GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3353 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3273 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 32 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 78 Write 59.5 Mixed 59.6 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 73GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65114384 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 184707627084 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 689438749 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 15 65114384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 11879879564143 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1478067325 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3586329316	65.6% Good	Read 113 Write 116 Mixed 99.8 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.64 126% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	948x
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	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 $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