Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.38% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 18:12
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$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)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 420 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 2316) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1508 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.38% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 33.4 Parallax 9.38 1% 14.6 fps	MRender 0.14 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 0.13 11% 15.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 572 569 595 587 588 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 939 Write 588 Mixed 396 SusWrite 578 139% 625 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 24.7 96% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 226 180% 260 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 237%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 893GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 55.5 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 54.8 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 69%
ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 105 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 106 132% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GB 2,366 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,021 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 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,530x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	311x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	174x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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