Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13 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	20180312
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 11:16
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$50 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 484 62% 471 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN128HCHP-00000 128GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 150 150 147 144 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 152 Mixed 195 SusWrite 148 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 30.5 115% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 186 159% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 98 95 95 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 72.8 Write 78.2 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 97.9 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-020.A00LF Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 99U5471-020.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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 4,050 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 - $158

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $50Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,540x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	958x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	567x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	312x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	275x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	176x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	142x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	91x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	87x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	81x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16