Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.8% 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 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 16:29
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 91.8 49% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 203 8-Core 449 38% 326 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.66 2% 2.43 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 1.33 Splatting 4.57 3% 3.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1280 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1061 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 73 44 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294966743 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14678984797	45.8% Average	Read 511 Write 66 Mixed 125 50% 234 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 5.42 56% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 34.6 DQ Mixed 6.01 35% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 446GB free Firmware: MX1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 94 83610618 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4553494552 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 77 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5064 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1336 (BC) Unknown 100 92 377963218526 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 554958872 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 13 83610618 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 138 538	58.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 90.1 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%
Maxtor 7V300F0 300GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 279GB free Firmware: VA111630 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 190 188 16429 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5418 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 244 55705 (09) Power-on hours count 238 238 5339 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 229 229 9654 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 689045532 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 253 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 4812 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 160 1 9271 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 1 1 43760	13.5% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 18.8 Mixed 31.5 20% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,521x
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 $182	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) $30	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