Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 429 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 96% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.8 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 22633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 68 68 967 (AE) Unknown 100 100 254 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 53 201864577049 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 68 68 32 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 81657826178 (F7) Unknown 100 100 212579944 (F8) Unknown 100 100 438202116	81.1% Excellent	Read 514 Write 328 Mixed 392 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 24.3 108% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 17.1 58% 125 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 97%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 180 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1423 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 603 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29564 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (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	65.1% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 107 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 144GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 76554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2511 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1545 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12694 (C2) HDA temperature 119 89 31 (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	29.7% Poor	Read 56 Write 47 Mixed 46.5 38% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 69%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 224GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 58 (03) Spinup time 139 137 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4737 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 29 (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 1205 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.2% Below average	Read 47.7 Write 71.2 Mixed 75.1 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 32GB-$15 655 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 30GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 43.6 Write 32.9 Mixed 8.85 32% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.09 12% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG38G2130U2S 2x8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 8.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 87%

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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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Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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