Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770S-$95 10,699 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 544 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 77%

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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 114% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 73 54 49 51 48 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38% Below average	Read 181 Write 71.2 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 59.5 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 16.3 72% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 81.4 DQ Mixed 42.2 53% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 92GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 80 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 66.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 79.4 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 16GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 53 51 53 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 51.1 Write 48 Mixed 37.4 SusWrite 53 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 36%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 108GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 53 55 54 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 63 Write 65 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 55.6 40% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 04CD F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 58%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,014 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,525x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	558x

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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16