Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130117
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 199 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 455 48% 382 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 368.81 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1005 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33260381210	89.5% Excellent	Read 502 Write 348 Mixed 356 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 28.6 130% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 92.2 101% 170 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 126%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155487560 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 51 137468876286 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1181 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 622133279 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40782 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 51539607583 (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 18661632910200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13283430385 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19582834569	84.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 137 Mixed 129 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.52 176% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 94%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 161 10633 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 7 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1921 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4514 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	73.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 111 Mixed 115 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.36 111% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%

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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	1,522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	557x

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	173x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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