Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% 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	32.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110909
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 23:25
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.35 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 475 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3107) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 22.8 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 19.8 19% 19.4 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 20.1 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 171798699806 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 306 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 36 73016803353 (C2) HDA temperature 25 36 73016803353 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9400 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8006 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8006 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4058	31.7% Below average	Read 135 Write 91.4 Mixed 90.2 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 9.38 70% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 13.1 DQ Mixed 9.97 9% 15 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 73%
Patriot Pyro 60GB-$125 630 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 77 8404933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -65335042497491 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3493 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 702 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 77311901725 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8404933 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8404933 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8404933 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7814 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6429 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6429 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14464	32.9% Below average	Read 164 Write 55.4 Mixed 91.4 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 10.4 73% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 9.65 16% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 128GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150187377 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64279027 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3491 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 64 471138332 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 28 150187377 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30764850756528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1833518450 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2918207765	49% Average	Read 97.6 Write 73 Mixed 80.4 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 CML16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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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 $273	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 $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