Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 02:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 514 54% 430 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 111 Parallax 103 84% 106 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 87.6 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2932 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 107 140 83 64 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 354 Write 188 Mixed 216 SusWrite 100 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 13.9 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 19.8 31% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 242 240 235 247 241 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.7% Good	Read 252 Write 240 Mixed 222 SusWrite 238 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 31.9 110% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 153 117% 156 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 211GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 104 103 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 104 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 514GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 146 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 149 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 147 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 82%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,519x
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) $35	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