Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	90.7% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	385 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 571 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 197 Parallax 173 143% 182 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 171 Splatting 116 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 466GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,367 Write 1,175 Mixed 1,100 270% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.2 179% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 124 128% 212 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12885 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 99 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38283334468	90.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 405 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 35.9 131% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 94.6 81% 113 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 124%
OCZ Vector 150 480GB-$389 381 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 10GB free Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (AB) Unknown 80 80 163154256 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 31 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2474 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3053 (F9) Unknown 100 100 92802366	82.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 368 Mixed 418 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 30.7 111% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 91.6 83% 120 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 344GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 107 107 51583189628 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1317 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11747 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 261993857071 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1106	28.6% Poor	Read 49 Write 50.6 Mixed 51 38% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 47%
Generic- SD/MMC 268GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 250GB free, PID 0186 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.05% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 7.23 Mixed 1.64 9% 9.65 MB/s	4K Read 6.56 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 25% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%

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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 $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