Asrock Z77 Extreme3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '16 at 21:46
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 383 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 83 Parallax 80.6 66% 81.6 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3601 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4457867139	81.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 399 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 23.3 117% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 19.7 24% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 452GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 56 (03) Spinup time 140 140 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5785 (C2) HDA temperature 114 80 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 18	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 119 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.39 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 04CB 01BA 01BA 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.7 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 40%

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Typical Z77 Extreme3 Builds (Compare 282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

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	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $563

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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