Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% 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	84.9% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120424
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '16 at 15:37
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 108 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 539 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.45% Terrible	Lighting 2.7 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 1.75 2% 2.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.45% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.6% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 37.8 Parallax 47.7 31% 41.3 fps	MRender 50 Gravity 35.1 Splatting 35.5 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M3P 256GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11641 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1833 (B1) Unknown 100 100 204948 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 409 Mixed 444 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 28.4 97% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 80.1 100% 178 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 173 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1074 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22115 (C2) HDA temperature 127 102 23 (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	63.8% Good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 185GB 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 175 165 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1524 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 852 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71658 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 65 Write 85.7 Mixed 80.2 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 52GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3418 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1967 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11187 (C2) HDA temperature 124 91 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	56.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.6 Mixed 100 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 37GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2893 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9288 (C2) HDA temperature 121 92 26 (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 200 198 22 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	45.4% Average	Read 70.9 Write 87.2 Mixed 87.7 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 74%
WDC WD30 EZRX-00D8PB0 3TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 217GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 32.1 Mixed 33.2 43% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.28 54% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 22%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 66GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 34.1 Write 36.5 Mixed 17.3 36% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.27 4K Mixed 0.05 12% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	39x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	38x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	6x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	5x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	4x

RAM
BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 859B BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GBUnknownBench 57%, 12 samples	10x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $879

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