Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111206
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 23:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$192 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 170 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 409 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 63.3 59% 68.7 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 55.6 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128L9S-11 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC7110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 309 Write 282 Mixed 232 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 16.3 78% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 19.9 24% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 8416664 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 8014 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 83 73 286064657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 198 (C2) HDA temperature 17 40 51539607569 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25640954757124 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4645614 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4874790	76.1% Very good	Read 169 Write 96.2 Mixed 89.9 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 231127760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 302816 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 72 302841874 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 214 (C2) HDA temperature 18 40 51539607570 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97555887161363 (F1) Unknown 100 253 562261935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 243419444	86.9% Excellent	Read 181 Write 122 Mixed 137 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

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 $273	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 $179	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