Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	30.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 648 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 155 Parallax 131 124% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2193 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 302 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 53 43 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28805850084	94.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 406 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 22.5 115% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 21.8 103% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 215GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10016 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1340 (B1) Unknown 94 94 360 (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 58 49 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 191387324940	85.4% Excellent	Read 520 Write 487 Mixed 496 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 22 110% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 160 91% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 207GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2114 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 293 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2348216620	57.8% Above average	Read 324 Write 103 Mixed 150 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 35.9 118% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 18.5 19% 31 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUS 724030ALA640 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MF8O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38685770202 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 145 145 24 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1129 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1842 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 219044184108 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 109	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 139 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 54GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 74 (03) Spinup time 253 219 1158 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9127 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4852 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9092 (C2) HDA temperature 102 87 48 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.3% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.8 Mixed 85.8 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.49 118% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 76%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 612GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 104 134% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport Essential 500GB 1,381 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 45GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 19 Mixed 25.4 32% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.09 11% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%

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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 $295	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 $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