Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	43.8% 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 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 18:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 471 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86% 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: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2857 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 24848447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46351287064507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 313 (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 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24848447 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24848447 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24848447 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1238 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1147 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1147 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1304	43.8% Average	Read 190 Write 121 Mixed 136 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 12 77% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 33.2 55% 108 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35190568 (03) Spinup time 97 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6558035 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 658 (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 66 57 571932706 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 35190568 (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 -97332548858437 (F1) Unknown 100 253 590891540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2735274541	58.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 23.6 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 70%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 161GB free Firmware: 3A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 153 151 3325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 719 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1383 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.4% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 94.4 Mixed 93.5 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.37 109% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%

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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	1,519x
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