Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	80.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180312
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 09:33
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 439 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 60.7 55% 65.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 63 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 324 375 375 376 255 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 369 Write 372 Mixed 273 SusWrite 326 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 32.9 125% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 296 194% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 80GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 327 362 326 327 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 387 Write 337 Mixed 239 SusWrite 315 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 22.5 85% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 158 101% 111 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 146GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 292 330 331 330 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 346 Write 326 Mixed 317 SusWrite 306 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 30.9 99% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 96.8 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 208 140% 166 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 125%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 35GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 72 65 65 71 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 85.8 Write 90.9 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 68.3 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 56%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 185GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 80 80 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 81.3 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 80 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 65%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 5 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.2% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4 Mixed 2 SusWrite 5.1 8% 7.38 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.2% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.1% 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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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 $178	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