Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 16:55
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 50.9 2-Core 131 57% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 441 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 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. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.35% Terrible	Lighting 2.57 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.74 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.32 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) 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 95 95 5430353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -47201690569701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1729 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 206 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 43 687197585438 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 687197585438 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5430353 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5430353 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5430353 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12580 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9082 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9082 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8891	30.7% Below average	Read 124 Write 93 Mixed 67.7 21% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 8.88 64% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 7.78 14% 26 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 676GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 112 110 7375 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20008 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8859 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 5054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 124235 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.2% Average	Read 70.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 70.5 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 57%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 37GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 969691894 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14838 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 588578849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 68 133586975 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.6% Poor	Read 52.8 Write 46.6 Mixed 55.2 39% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.24 58% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%

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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 $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