Asrock Z77 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130117
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 03:30
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 472 50% 399 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 2670) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 364.72 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.8% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 36.8 25% 32.8 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 32 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 80 77 76 81 87 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 129 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 78.8 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 233GB free Firmware: AD14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 84 86 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 53.7 Write 51 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 86.5 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 302GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 126 125 126 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 84.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 126 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 393GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 63 61 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 67 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 62.8 47% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 57%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 89GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 70 66 65 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 68.1 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 04CD F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 04CD F3-10666CL9-4GBRL 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.3% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 37%

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

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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 $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 $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