Asrock Z77 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (22%). 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 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120713
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 20:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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 i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 368 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 86.8 73% 89 fps	MRender 85.2 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 71.8 64% 79.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 54 46 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 420 Write 124 Mixed 100 SusWrite 48.9 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 19 88% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 46.4 75% 151 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 279GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 95 98 89 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 6.7 Write 81 Mixed 29 SusWrite 95 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 112%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 32 Write 22.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 27 33% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 44%
WD Ext HDD 1021 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 20.8 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 23.8 30% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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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 Pro3 Builds (Compare 1,277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Pro3 - $212

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	458x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	199x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	174x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	118x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	88x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
MX500 1TBCrucial $61Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	37x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	37x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	29x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $492

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