Asrock Z77 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	66.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 01:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 116 2-Core 238 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 594 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 156 Parallax 143 115% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 113 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 433 Mixed 285 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 34.7 120% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 148 162% 274 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free Firmware: CXM05H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 107 109 109 109 97 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.5% Average	Read 239 Write 176 Mixed 170 SusWrite 112 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 20.1 77% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 96.8 78% 114 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 136 139 136 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 165 Write 143 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 137 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 157 164 169 160 166 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 164 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 164 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 71%

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

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Typical Z77 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 280 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 Extreme3 - $151

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	83x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	64x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $567

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