Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180312
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 21:48
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 476 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.13 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.78 2% 2.6 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 195 194 194 192 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 463 Mixed 372 SusWrite 221 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 42.9 140% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 369 278% 370 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 516GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 150 151 155 154 151 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 163 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 152 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 8,818 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 3,999 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	1,519x
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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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