Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	48.2% 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	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 05:51
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 51.5 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 191 61% 114 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 271 38% 280 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 81.5 49% 68.7 fps	MRender 63.3 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 51.4 46% 57.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 759 796 835 816 831 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 848 Write 752 Mixed 559 SusWrite 768 164% 732 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 36.1 136% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 214 228% 368 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 242%
Apacer AS681 120GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 28GB free Firmware: AP122PD0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 76 74 93 93 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 333 Write 78 Mixed 262 SusWrite 106 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 16.5 58% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 151 136% 207 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 87%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 99Y1166 59Y1813XIV 2TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: BB45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 126 125 125 127 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 125 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%
USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE 64GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 28GB free, PID b128 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 27 40 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 160 Write 41.3 Mixed 17.3 SusWrite 33.4 63% 63 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 103% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 155 26% 155 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,519x
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 $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