Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 02:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 478 53% 417 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 60 Parallax 116 70% 87 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 78.1 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 153 145 146 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 346 Write 332 Mixed 286 SusWrite 158 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 37.5 120% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 228 173% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 27GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 143 143 143 136 124 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 455 Mixed 376 SusWrite 163 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 43.7 154% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 173 182% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 186GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 108 113 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 111 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 133 131 134 132 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 133 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

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

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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	1,519x
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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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