Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsrock Z77 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20130711
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 06 '16 at 00:37
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 89.4
1-Core 100
2-Core 200
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 506
51% 412 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
EVGA(3842 2981) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
60.6% Good
Lighting 76.8
Reflection 79.7
Parallax 72.9
63% 76.5 fps
MRender 77.3
Gravity 70.2
Splatting 63.2
57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
44.8% Average
Read 77.4
Write 78.7
Mixed 8.48
40% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.34
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.18
62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 67%
HGST TOURO S 1TB
699GB free, PID 1023
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
50.9% Above average
Read 139
Write 119
Mixed 104
150% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.54
4K Mixed 0.2
61% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 50.9%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 17.4
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 18
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,001 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $581
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