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Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (25%). 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180312
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 10:38
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th 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-$80 185,516 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 (93^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 396 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 79% 104 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 86 76% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 223GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 598 276 230 321 282 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 39GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 84 83 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 63.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 77.6 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$75 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 405GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 79 100 100 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 68.1 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 91.4 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 96%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$90 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 107 108 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 90.9 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 99.2 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 145 147 151 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 136 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.7 220% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 94%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 399GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 26 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 24.2 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 24.2 35% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 49%
ST375064 0AS 750GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 13GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 5.1 5.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	9.31% Terrible	Read 33 Write 28.2 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 4.8 29% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.31% Great: 25%
SAMSUNG HD203WI 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 18GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 1 0.5 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.11% Terrible	Read 38.4 Write 32.7 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 0.4 32% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 46%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 476GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 35 36 37 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 40 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 33.2 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 40%
ST8000AS 0002-1NA17Z 8TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 0.5 0.1 0 0.1 3.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 36.7 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 0.7 29% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 187% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 59%

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,173 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 - $154

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $80Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,589x
Core i7-3770KIntel $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	988x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	589x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	323x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	281x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples	244x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	180x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	147x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	92x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	88x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	85x

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Total price: $514

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