Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 400 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.9% 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. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 2.94 1% 3.15 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 8.09 5% 5.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4102 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 362 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1206 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1212 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18717461293 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26399696643	24.4% Poor	Read 342 Write 39.3 Mixed 78.9 33% 153 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 7.85 4K Mixed 4.53 29% 8.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 56%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 793GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4104 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1529 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 27 (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	89.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 164 Mixed 137 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.32 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 32GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 25GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 13.3 Mixed 29.7 30% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.73 58% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
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 $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 $179	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