Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110518
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 411 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.6 65% 78 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 74 Splatting 65.6 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 14102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2746 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 148 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11386024101487 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 7 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	33.7% Below average	Read 218 Write 168 Mixed 188 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 4.46 48% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 13.6 DQ Write 38 DQ Mixed 4.28 10% 18.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 477GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 60.1 Write 132 Mixed 127 81% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

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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 $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 $269	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16