Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 70.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 474 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.05% Terrible	Lighting 3.53 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 2.5 3% 3.54 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 5.87 3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.05% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 101% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 123 Splatting 98 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 329 Write 120 Mixed 153 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 28.2 92% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 132 105% 147 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 134GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 72 70 69 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 71.5 Write 69 Mixed 77 SusWrite 70.2 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 76%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 126 128 128 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 126 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.7 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 62%

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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 4,002 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $133	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