Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 17:06
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 469 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 293A) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 27.3 19% 26.4 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 30.8 21% 25.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23566159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -91568702748352 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 188 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23566159 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23566159 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23566159 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3023 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3303 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3303 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3622
Poor: 30% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 720GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159575936 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46988987 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8473 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 47244640285 (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 34132105102435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67020782675144 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -56068769443071	65.1% Good	Read 120 Write 107 Mixed 88.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.33 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-400.A00LF 4x4GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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