Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% 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)
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 10:40
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 190 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 377 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 49.9 33% 39.6 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 36 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,226 Write 5,113 Mixed 5092 1,150% 5,144 MB/s	4K Read 331 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 115 773% 227 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 994 DQ Mixed 1,096 812% 1072 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 116GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 43.5 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 75.7 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 43%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 52 Write 51.2 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 50.4 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 173GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 50.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 73.6 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 272GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 53 55 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 58.5 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 53.6 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 57%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 94.2 Write 48.4 Mixed 43.2 70% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.4 93% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 86%

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Gaming 36%

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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 $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 $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