Asrock Z77 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120830
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 21:35
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 179 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 329 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 82.4 66% 83 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 68.4 61% 75 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 263 272 248 204 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 449 Write 280 Mixed 256 SusWrite 229 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 26.7 100% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 193 177% 272 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 502GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 151 149 145 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 105 Write 140 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 146 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 106%
H/W RAID 10 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 189 235 236 231 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 207 Write 126 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 215 187% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z77 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 282 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 Extreme3 - $151

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	83x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	64x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $104Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	7x
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	5x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16