Asrock Z77 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	75.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 05:43
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3350P-$60 21,413 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 125 51% 85.5 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 221 26% 203 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.8% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 103 Parallax 103 80% 101 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 76 68% 84.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32814 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 904 (B1) Unknown 67 67 399 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 86 86 13467 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 97534215325
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 288GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 488 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82196185 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 606011425 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 20 488 (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 110797271366173 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3881335488 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1877778584	58.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 99.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.56 108% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 251GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 570 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 71%

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Typical Z77 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 280 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme3 - $151

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	83x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	64x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $567

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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