Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.2% 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	45% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 147 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 322 41% 311 Pts	64-Core 269 17% 269 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E218) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 29 Parallax 32.2 22% 29.4 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 21.2 Splatting 34.1 23% 26.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.89% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.23 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.67 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.89% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (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 19920 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2609 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 337 (AE) Unknown 100 100 148 (B5) Unknown 100 100 16802007746964 (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 80 (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 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45% Average	Read 391 Write 190 Mixed 253 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 4.56 57% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 4.58 14% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 121GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 8973 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6407 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15373 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2606 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863921698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6428	62.9% Good	Read 101 Write 118 Mixed 80.1 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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	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

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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