Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 16:39
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 617 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Gigabyte(1458 3628) 3GB CLim: 1426 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 94 64% 82.6 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 56.9 62% 77.6 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1119 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 330 (B1) Unknown 97 96 15 (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 70 39 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5667687839	34.8% Below average	Read 210 Write 121 Mixed 114 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 9.69 61% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 13 15% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 302GB free Firmware: 3.CHQ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2898 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 266 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 26082889557 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2604 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 40 437846041 (C2) HDA temperature 25 60 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 55 228063448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.2% Average	Read 74.3 Write 68.8 Mixed 68.6 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%
WD WD800BEVS-22RST0 80GB 1,255 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 68GB free Firmware: 08.01G08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 896 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15209 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	24.6% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 43 Mixed 42 32% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-170.A00LF 1x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 36%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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