Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z77 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130711
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateJan 10 '16 at 00:33
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770-$297
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 115
2-Core 214
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 553
60% 477 Pts
64-Core 556
34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 116
Parallax 115
94% 115 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 101
Splatting 92.3
79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64
882GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
58.7% Above average
Read 102
Write 103
Mixed 102
77% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 1.73
4K Mixed 0.31
89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
488GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 146
Write 122
Mixed 128
99% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 2.05
4K Mixed 0.2
93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
349GB free
Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Read 132
Write 158
Mixed 118
102% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.29
4K Mixed 0.32
83% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
57.3% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 18.1
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 19
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 67.8
59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,007 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $581
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HDDRAMUSB
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