Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.1% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 164 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 445 45% 367 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 98.1 78% 98 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 87 Splatting 79 68% 83.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% ASRock(1849 0102) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.19 Gravity 0.93 Splatting 2.39 2% 1.84 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 253 251 255 258 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 355 Write 329 Mixed 276 SusWrite 252 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 27 98% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 148 134% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 433GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 311 306 300 293 294 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 462 Write 434 Mixed 340 SusWrite 304 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 33 110% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 252 214% 315 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$100 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 78GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1030 593 458 517 488 482 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,156 Write 1,096 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 594 220% 981 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.1 172% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 342 305% 467 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 335GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 99.4 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 488GB free Firmware: 07.00K07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 88 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 87 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 89.4 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

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

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	557x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
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 $94Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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