Asrock Z77 Pro4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 06:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 400 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4653 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3221) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 41 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 51.2 33% 40.6 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 36.4 28% 34 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 2555928 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 81 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091771 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3584 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3650 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3650 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094314526 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.2% Good	Read 100 Write 120 Mixed 88.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.09 18% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 107%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 109GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 160 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7602 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 24 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3330 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.3% Below average	Read 53.7 Write 55 Mixed 43.4 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 99U5474-028.A00LF 029E CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

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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%

Raft

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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16