Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 12:30
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 187 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 462 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 83%

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: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 69.5 59% 71.1 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 57.7 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 181GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5915 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1414 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 173 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24738037996	75.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 346 Mixed 359 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 20 101% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 41.5 48% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 36 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 623844305	87.9% Excellent	Read 504 Write 497 Mixed 503 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 21.3 111% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 68.6 60% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 180 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1750 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2674 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 358GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1504 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 155 Mixed 151 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.69 4K Write 4.48 4K Mixed 0.46 204% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 8GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 126 Write 24.7 Mixed 39.4 62% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.53 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.72 76% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL25664FN2139.Z16F 4x2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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