Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120615
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 11:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 203 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 398 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1621 MHz, MLim: 1825 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Lighting 53.6 Reflection 49.9 Parallax 44.1 44% 49.2 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 40.4 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 63GB free Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 100 100 109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1271 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 41 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30552 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187063	49% Average	Read 265 Write 255 Mixed 259 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 13.8 66% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 82.6 DQ Write 59.6 DQ Mixed 41.3 39% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 99%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 125825362813498 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2368 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 106 106 12477268 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2368 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 338171 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 338171 (F2) Unknown 100 100 342518 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13858	54.6% Above average	Read 477 Write 148 Mixed 200 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 15 76% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 11 32% 64 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 695GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 165 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 340885 (C2) HDA temperature 123 90 27 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	58.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 97.1 Mixed 87.7 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 234GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2904 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 144675 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 24 (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	47.5% Average	Read 81.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 80.6 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL10-10-10 D3-1866 2x8GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 71%

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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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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	557x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
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 $94Bench 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 $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