Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '18 at 12:59
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 183 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 474 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 89% 112 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.4 78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 565 Write 241 Mixed 300 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 11 72% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 57.6 84% 148 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 182%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 72 63 87 93 83 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 94.3 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 79.4 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 377GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 96 96 96 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 93 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 95.7 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 60%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 43 43 43 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 50.7 Write 20.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 43 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 53%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 68 Write 12 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 68.9 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 41%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 3GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 40 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 42.1 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 2133 CL11 Series 8502 2133 CL11 Series 8502 2133 CL11 Series 2133 CL11 Series 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns

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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	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
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 $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 $179	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