Asrock Z77 Extreme3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120830
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 01:20
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 112 49% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 163 20% 156 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 10.3 10% 12.3 fps	MRender 17 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 16.6 13% 15.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 750GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6921 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6343 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 134 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.24 117% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 109%
WD WD2500YD-01NVB1 251GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 180GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 30 (03) Spinup time 240 179 2966 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10220 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 25 (07) Seek error rate 200 198 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7519 (BE) vendor-specific 61 31 39 (C2) HDA temperature 111 81 39 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1557224 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35% Below average	Read 60 Write 61.8 Mixed 58.9 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 780955557 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 47001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 54 54 46 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 873201697 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 62 40230114 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.4% Average	Read 79.9 Write 71.4 Mixed 71.7 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.27 65% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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Typical Z77 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 281 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	22x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16