Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.8% 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 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110909
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 19:32
Run Duration	408 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 179 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 462 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.36% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.36% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 55 4.6 4.5 1.7 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 420 Write 350 Mixed 289 SusWrite 89.3 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 9.6 50% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 9.6 9% 14.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 102%
Ocz-soli D3 120GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 21GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 34 34 42 45 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 118 Write 60 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 39 16% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 16.1 56% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 26.6 DQ Mixed 35.2 30% 44 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 55%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 73GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 113 111 100 57 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 110 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 95.9 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 113 111 95 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 88.7 Mixed 62 SusWrite 94.3 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: CC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 58.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 32 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 6GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 166 Write 138 Mixed 67.5 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	115x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	98x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 029E CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 55%, 24 samples	10x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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