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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69.3% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 23:29
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i5-3570 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 (96^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 378 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 61.6 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 59.3 50% 62.4 fps	Gravity 58.7 Splatting 48.1 47% 53.4 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 241 210 234 244 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 352 Write 336 Mixed 307 SusWrite 239 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 30.4 98% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 218 165% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 294GB free Firmware: V54OA73A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 70 Write 63.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 63.7 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 183GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 62.3 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 43%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 170GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 78 79 79 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 73.5 Write 75.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 77.9 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1,037 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,011 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	1,524x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	557x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	237x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	173x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16