Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.69% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121031
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '22 at 04:37
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 502 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3733) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.69% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 8.6 Parallax 9.3 7% 8.73 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7 6% 8.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.69% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 65 59 51 64 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 267 Write 84 Mixed 141 SusWrite 62.5 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 24.6 94% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 59.5 88% 173 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 110%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 121 122 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 99.3 Write 97 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 121 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 570GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 88 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 95.5 Mixed 85 SusWrite 88.3 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 56.5 Write 61.9 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 99.1 45% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2.2 393% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 94%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 161 160 159 161 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 159 Mixed 110 SusWrite 161 202% 152 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 1.1 419% 7.4 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 1.1 458% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns

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Typical Z77 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 4,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	1,521x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	949x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	556x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $581

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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