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 (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 13:38
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 398 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4425 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13904871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 107228153514905 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64427196446 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13904871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13904871 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13904871 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5841 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7548 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7548 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9117	55.4% Above average	Read 476 Write 138 Mixed 196 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 11.6 72% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 39.2 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 841GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15832668 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 30106702829 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 13 15832668 (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 -138392436173560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2227369507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1661643840	66.4% Good	Read 121 Write 111 Mixed 90.7 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.51 110% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 268GB free Firmware: PB3OC61J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1427 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 569423 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 201863594011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.4% Below average	Read 68 Write 58.6 Mixed 58.2 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 42%
Fujitsu MHZ2250BH G2 250GB 1,672 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 7GB free Firmware: 8909 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 187965 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 44302336 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 10332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3376 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 8913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8672 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 100 42949672960 (BC) Unknown 253 1 209 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580613 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4980812 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 70299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 455802880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1080 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 2632792736824 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	19.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 33.7 Mixed 33.5 26% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 77%

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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	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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