Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 02:07
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 94 2-Core 180 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 472 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% ASRock(1849 0102) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.29 Gravity 0.97 Splatting 2.43 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 1%
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 105 67% 80.7 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 81.1 Splatting 71.7 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 191 189 165 189 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 355 Write 352 Mixed 336 SusWrite 185 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 36.6 119% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 225 171% 232 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 455 Mixed 310 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 37.9 127% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 172 182% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 82GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 187 164 187 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 357 Write 294 Mixed 253 SusWrite 183 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 28.2 95% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 155 130% 188 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 728GB free Firmware: HP23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 121 121 117 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 119 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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 4,002 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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