Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 17:11
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 175 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 430 46% 364 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 80 57% 70.6 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 77.9 55% 65.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14307 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 50 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13264807285	82% Excellent	Read 512 Write 367 Mixed 392 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 20.7 116% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 19.8 44% 84 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 40GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 253 223 1108 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10551 (C2) HDA temperature 100 98 50 (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 7198 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.8% Below average	Read 75.9 Write 58.8 Mixed 75.6 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.39 102% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 22GB free Firmware: CC1F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184752184 (03) Spinup time 100 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 38 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82133628 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 66803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3699 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 196612 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 51 50 840433713 (C2) HDA temperature 49 50 81604378673 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 22 184752184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51153060545855 (F1) Unknown 100 253 615491588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493649817	37.3% Below average	Read 72.9 Write 57 Mixed 68.4 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.37 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 66%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 18GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 3133 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 45083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8694 (C2) HDA temperature 103 101 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.71 166% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 68%
M4-CT128 M4SSD2 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 44GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	151% Outstanding	Read 249 Write 173 Mixed 198 254% 207 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 4.42 1,022% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 34.1 DQ Mixed 5.49 1,414% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 151% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 162%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 3,582 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 63%

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	70x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	4x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	4x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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