Asrock Z77 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120713
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '16 at 05:09
Run Duration	418 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 344 38% 297 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7990 (CrossFire Disabled) 1,161 User benchmarks, average bench 34% AMD(1002 0B2A) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32832 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 58.6 38% 45.6 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 39.7 32% 38.5 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 457 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 41 (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	66.2% Good	Read 128 Write 103 Mixed 79.2 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.06 28% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 774GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 115 Write 135 Mixed 91.7 147% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%
IS917 innostor 16GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 15GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 127 Write 19.1 Mixed 22.8 50% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 4.08 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 29%
IS917 innostor 32GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 11GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 130 Write 35.5 Mixed 22.7 60% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.76 110% 4.69 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 31%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Read 15.8 Write 4.8 Mixed 4.08 8% 8.24 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.01 21% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 15 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 14.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 62%

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Typical Z77 Pro3 Builds (Compare 1,277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro3 - $212

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	458x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	199x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	118x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	88x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	37x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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