Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '16 at 09:24
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 405 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046A) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 74.6 57% 68 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 72.7 52% 62.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 962 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 69 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3027027945	80.4% Excellent	Read 374 Write 366 Mixed 372 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 31.6 106% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 150 133% 202 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 98192424 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1686259 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 17180196888 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 588578850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2974 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 60129542178 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 3228 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1765231558312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2760353728 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19360050369	96.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 149 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 387GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21390888 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 17697200868 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1431 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295426062 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 588513315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24316 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99110665313709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -68428401780551 (F2) Unknown 100 253 137390017434246	79.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 136 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 109GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3136 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10656 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1431 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389543970 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 227 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3150	57.9% Above average	Read 75.9 Write 126 Mixed 90.8 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.53 121% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,527x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	174x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16