Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	149% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110504
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 97.5 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 174 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 447 50% 392 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 99% 118 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 980 Write 950 Mixed 965 216% 965 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 41.2 124% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 140 144% 235 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 313%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 129 129 42983162364 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 561 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979806249 (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 200 200 0	78.3% Very good	Read 160 Write 113 Mixed 113 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 193 193 34378940717 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3032 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9487 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227634315302 (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 200 200 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 117 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.46 125% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 79%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 846GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 129 129 51579126354 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 844 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 844 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 201864511529 (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 200 200 0	61.8% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 96.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146528 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 35 (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	41.1% Average	Read 67.3 Write 75.5 Mixed 64.7 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH F3-17000CL9-4GBZH 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16