Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.9% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '22 at 02:25
Run Duration	626 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 67 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 180 64% 114 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 295 40% 301 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 62.8 52% 63.6 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 54.6 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 1.8 Parallax 2.7 3% 2.77 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 129GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 409 422 418 413 411 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,624 Write 1,620 Mixed 1,133 SusWrite 458 270% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 47.2 138% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 424 306% 401 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 187 193 196 192 195 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.9% Above average	Read 228 Write 184 Mixed 179 SusWrite 188 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 23.8 86% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 159 130% 184 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 25GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 26 23 19 23 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 220 Write 27.7 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 21.1 17% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 14.4 54% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 20.2 DQ Mixed 27.5 21% 28.9 MB/s

Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 46GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 331 316 281 260 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 317 Write 328 Mixed 259 SusWrite 289 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 30.7 98% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 165 133% 192 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 128%
Asmt 2105 320GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 6GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 61 55 56 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 73 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 57.5 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 54%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 167 167 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 150 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 164 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.6 312% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 303GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 82 82 83 81 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 73.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 15.1 SusWrite 80.7 42% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 75%
Sony USB HS-SD Card 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 41GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.3 1 0.9 1.4 0.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3.7 Write 2.7 SusWrite 1.1 3% 2.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 9%
WD My Passport 2626 2TB 8,368 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 271GB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 83 83 60 72 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 81.9 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 72.3 100% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.3 152% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 65%
SanDisk uSD SDDR-289 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 13GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 11.5 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 1.3 11% 9.97 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 68% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 21%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 38 Write 34.9 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 38 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 160% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 17.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,532x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	951x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	561x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	311x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	270x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	238x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	174x
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: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16