Asrock Z77 Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 13:02
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 415 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 4% BFG(19F1 04A6) 640MB Ram: 640MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 2.4 5% 6.57 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 3.4 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 128GB 1,160 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 251 269 191 85 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 300 Write 287 Mixed 205 SusWrite 189 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 19.2 74% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 164 117% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 81%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 107 110 114 112 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 96 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 111 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 303GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 90 95 91 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 93.7 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 92.2 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 130 134 141 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 83 SusWrite 137 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 986GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 110 115 121 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 118 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 77%

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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 Pro4 Builds (Compare 759 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro4 - $180

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	239x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	134x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	17x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $616

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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