Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.9% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 293 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 63.5 56% 67.8 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 64 Splatting 57.8 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 74 80 76 71 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 116 Mixed 107 SusWrite 76.4 21% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 20.6 77% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 123 97% 136 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 141 139 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 67.3 Write 121 Mixed 64 SusWrite 136 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 206% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 520GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 134 134 136 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 93 Write 64.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 134 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 96%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 26.3 Write 27.3 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 18.2 18% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 66%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 603GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 32 Write 27 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 16.4 33% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 63%

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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 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16