Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 10:22
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 386 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1371) 1GB CLim: 720 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 18 Parallax 13.6 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 21.8 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 18 15% 18.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 99 102 103 98 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	51.2% Above average	Read 282 Write 121 Mixed 170 SusWrite 102 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 26.4 88% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 134 102% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 80%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 21GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 82 92 90 88 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 156 Write 121 Mixed 132 SusWrite 89.4 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 27.1 96% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 108 84% 115 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 67GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 78 77 79 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 85.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 77.5 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 525GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 29 30 29 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 101 Write 28.3 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 28.8 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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