Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121015
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	369 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 384 49% 372 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 1923 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40% Below average	Lighting 52.3 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 44 43% 48.5 fps	MRender 43.5 Gravity 45.2 Splatting 39.8 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$123 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 700 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 56 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7230389172	40.3% Average	Read 371 Write 346 Mixed 348 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 4.87 4K Write 6.55 4K Mixed 2.93 15% 4.78 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 248GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 798 (C2) HDA temperature 101 95 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.34 126% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4651 (C2) HDA temperature 100 97 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 153 Mixed 141 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.35 132% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 26.7 Mixed 27.9 36% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 61%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 27.5 Mixed 23.8 34% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1.5TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 909GB free, PID ab20 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 66.5 96% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.32 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0837 2TB 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 148GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 79.1 Write 68.4 Mixed 60.3 86% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 44%
Samsung SSD 750 EVO 250G 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 68GB free, PID 0575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.8% Below average	Read 33 Write 28.6 Mixed 30.6 39% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.91 4K Write 6.88 4K Mixed 4.07 398% 5.95 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 39GB free, PID 0575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 27.4 Mixed 29.6 38% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.34 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 64%

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,537x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	955x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	563x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	311x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	175x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	141x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	91x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16