Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.7% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '19 at 21:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 573 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 91 78% 94.9 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 88.8 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%
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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 193 229 183 212 129 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.7% Above average	Read 240 Write 228 Mixed 222 SusWrite 194 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 25.2 86% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 194 145% 191 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 122GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 229 233 232 230 226 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.3% Good	Read 242 Write 222 Mixed 222 SusWrite 229 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 34.4 111% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 183 142% 193 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 96GB free Firmware: KC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 105 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 3321 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 172 172 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 187 Write 137 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 171 188% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 67%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,523x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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