Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.1% 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 Drive70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2048 x 1280 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110909
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 19 '21 at 11:33
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 93.5
1-Core 95.1
2-Core 170
72% 119 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 354
47% 352 Pts
64-Core 354
22% 354 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
MSI(1462 2441) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
13.1% Very poor
Lighting 18
Reflection 20.4
Parallax 15.7
15% 18 fps
MRender 13.8
Gravity 12.8
Splatting 11.2
10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.1%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team T253X2128G 128GB
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1127B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 391 231 88 70 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 454
Write 391
Mixed 372
SusWrite 207
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 53.4
4K Mixed 23.3
95% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 40.7
87% 172 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR2 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
61.4% Good
MC Read 21
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 20
61% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.2
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 60.9
66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 393 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $526
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