Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 19:01
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 227 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 451 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6678) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 141 Parallax 133 111% 137 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 101 48 47 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 333 Write 262 Mixed 264 SusWrite 77.3 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 25.6 86% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 142 124% 186 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 91%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 34GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 237 282 285 284 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 356 Write 335 Mixed 326 SusWrite 258 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 34.5 111% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 189 147% 202 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 930GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 278 285 285 287 287 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 463 Mixed 441 SusWrite 282 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 40.7 130% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 366 276% 369 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 168 169 166 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 138 Mixed 72 SusWrite 167 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 479GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 164 163 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 168 Mixed 100 SusWrite 163 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 287GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 125 125 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 96.5 Write 95.7 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 125 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 101%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 191 185 190 186 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 187 Write 196 Mixed 120 SusWrite 189 234% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 62%

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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	1,522x
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 $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 $40	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