Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	2.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 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	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 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	Jan 25 '17 at 18:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 424 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? ASRock(1849 0112) 3GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	2.13% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 3.27 Parallax 1.12 2% 2.25 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.97 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.98 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.13% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1968 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 100 100 73 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17105269 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5632	63.3% Good	Read 496 Write 119 Mixed 221 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 9.63 102% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 21.9 57% 120 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 134 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134268 (C2) HDA temperature 116 91 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 35.6 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.22 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 86 (03) Spinup time 177 176 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1177 (C2) HDA temperature 113 88 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2851 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 76.5 Write 63.4 Mixed 51 48% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 6,893 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 61%

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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	1,520x
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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Value: 60% - Good

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