Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 15:26
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 173 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 431 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 98.8 76% 101 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 83.9 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 116 112 105 102 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 268 Write 127 Mixed 160 SusWrite 112 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 28.7 101% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 37.9 38% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 27GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 179 175 177 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 304 Write 216 Mixed 216 SusWrite 176 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 30.4 104% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 154 129% 186 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 215GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 139 128 138 124 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 104 Write 94.1 Mixed 29 SusWrite 131 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 124 126 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 108 Write 30.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 124 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905471-011.A00LF 12GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	33%	3	110	6	60	31.5"	1920 1080	AOC3284 3284W

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Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,523x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	950x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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