Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 08:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 195 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 416 53% 403 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 66.7 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 73.3 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 363 383 383 386 388 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 380 Mixed 271 SusWrite 366 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 33.3 122% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 322 246% 332 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 494GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 314 336 332 332 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 356 Write 339 Mixed 314 SusWrite 315 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 32.1 104% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 206 156% 211 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 125%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 85 85 85 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 92 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 86.3 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

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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 $134	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