Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '16 at 19:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 563 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 77.3 68% 84.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 868GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6505 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43% Average	Read 69.6 Write 80.4 Mixed 67.8 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 84%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2833 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2627 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.2 Mixed 67.4 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.24 56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA380 500GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 465GB free Firmware: V56OA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 102 102 38686818791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 13770 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15611 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15611 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 240519217194 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	40.4% Average	Read 71 Write 69.3 Mixed 64.6 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 9905403-440.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	115x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	98x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 55%, 24 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16