Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.2% 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)
Boot Drive	60.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 22:14
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 369 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 347.52 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.2% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 36.4 26% 32.7 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 25.5 24% 30 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1419 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 231 (AE) Unknown 100 100 99 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511268 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24245733364 (F7) Unknown 100 100 850775812 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2990032432	60.5% Good	Read 375 Write 364 Mixed 367 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 14.3 73% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 32.5 26% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 113%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 36GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3577144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -140445430556214 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3079 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 390 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 78 51544719391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3577144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3577144 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3577144 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8792 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6908 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6908 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7033	46.3% Average	Read 463 Write 116 Mixed 150 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 12.5 61% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 82.6 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 23.2 27% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 150GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2337 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6692 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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	59.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 19 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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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	1,518x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	946x
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	267x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	236x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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