Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 15:23
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 476 52% 411 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 21 Parallax 23.9 14% 20.8 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 14.4 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 57 41 42 69 40 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 170 Write 115 Mixed 160 SusWrite 56 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 31.1 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 103 110% 188 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 116%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 620GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 88 87 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 86.4 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AFE SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 59 59 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 23.4 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 59.3 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 308GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 115 117 114 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 94.1 Write 94.2 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 116 59% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 454GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 109 110 109 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 108 Write 24.8 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 111 48% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 133 131 133 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 46.6 Write 27.5 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 135 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,351 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%

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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 $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