Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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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 i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 434 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.7 79% 97.8 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 91 Splatting 97.9 78% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 23 19 16 20 19 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.1% Poor	Read 277 Write 28.5 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 19.5 18% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 6.9 41% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 6.7 9% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 56%
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free Firmware: 070H Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 254 Write 220 Mixed 210 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 14.3 73% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 23.7 60% 125 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 75%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 526GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 156 157 155 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 150 Mixed 91 SusWrite 157 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 181GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 93 95 98 100 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 122 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 95.9 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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Desktop 77%

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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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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