Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 14:33
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (78^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 183 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 463 49% 394 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 195 Parallax 183 138% 182 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 357 Write 265 Mixed 262 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 5.07 60% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 3.82 12% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 9GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1338 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1255 (B5) Unknown 100 100 773099552865 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	32.9% Below average	Read 269 Write 130 Mixed 144 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 4.07 46% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 42.6 DQ Mixed 4.96 11% 22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 327GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.9 Mixed 85.6 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 79 Write 82.3 Mixed 79 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF 9905403-199.A00LF 8GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 392 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	114x
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	27x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

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