Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 13:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 393 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 155 151 5233 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4383 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 428 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4403 (C2) HDA temperature 104 85 43 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 40 40 44471 (F1) Unknown 200 200 42722432754 (F2) Unknown 200 200 55787524378	41.1% Average	Read 74.1 Write 68.9 Mixed 77.6 56% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.4 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 93GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 84 37420711 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 58 529450 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2036 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 38 724172843 (C2) HDA temperature 43 62 64424509483 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 48 150716624 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 63.1 Mixed 63.7 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-043.A00LF 2x4GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	948x
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	237x

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) $30	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