Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 19:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 486 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% PNY(196E 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 76.7 68% 82.4 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 78 Splatting 68.5 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 268 178 123 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 352 Write 312 Mixed 298 SusWrite 171 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 29.7 99% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 84.6 81% 123 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 92%
Origin lnception MLC800 Series 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 437GB free Firmware: Q1112A SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 374 423 426 427 426 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.4% Excellent	Read 487 Write 425 Mixed 312 SusWrite 386 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 206 178% 260 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 123GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 86 91 91 91 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 57.8 Write 72.8 Mixed 68 SusWrite 86.4 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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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	1,522x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
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 $80Bench 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: 60% - Good

Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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