Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	90.3% 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	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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130117
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 04:40
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th 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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 70 2-Core 113 54% 86.8 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 130 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.8 3% 2.93 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 3% 4.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 182 Parallax 113 91% 136 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 119 Splatting 101 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 35GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 182 78 57 53 55 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.2% Average	Read 224 Write 165 Mixed 186 SusWrite 105 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 17.9 63% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 135 116% 170 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 631GB free (System drive) Firmware: GKAOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 34 26 34 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 75.5 Write 71 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 29.9 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 46%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 57 61 57 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 89.2 Write 90.5 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 57.1 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.3% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 12.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 88%

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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 4,006 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 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,522x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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