Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120418
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 10:21
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 220 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 406 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 57.1 Parallax 82.7 56% 69.5 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 74.3 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 229 220 152 128 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 325 Write 269 Mixed 229 SusWrite 175 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 19.2 71% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 52.8 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 75.7 54% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 76%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 28GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 96 96 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 162 Write 113 Mixed 131 SusWrite 95.5 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 18.9 76% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23.1 45% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 117GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 50 50 50 51 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 66.8 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 50.5 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 447GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 109 109 108 110 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 104 Write 27.5 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 109 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 222GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 27 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 21.5 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 27.6 31% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% 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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Gaming 37%

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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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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