Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsrock Z77 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120713
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 23 '17 at 07:07
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 17%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 101
2-Core 200
77% 132 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 363
52% 379 Pts
64-Core 398
25% 398 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 117
Parallax 113
92% 114 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 102
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
37.2% Below average
Read 75.5
Write 54.1
Mixed 6.04
32% 45.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 0.89
4K Mixed 0.13
48% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
71% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 23.5
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 18.1
SC Mixed 19.6
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 71%
Great: 69%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $581
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