Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 551 61% 481 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 98% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 983 Write 963 Mixed 977 218% 974 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 41.2 126% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 168 177% 294 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 313%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 148 148 25803096446 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 567 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979806249 (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 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 176 Write 106 Mixed 79.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.54 131% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 195 195 30083842345 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3046 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9504 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 227634315302 (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 0	78% Very good	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 116 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.44 123% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 846GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 165 165 25808732505 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 850 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 201864511528 (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 0	61.8% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 2.81 52% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 92%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146582 (C2) HDA temperature 120 112 30 (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	41.2% Average	Read 70.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 66.6 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 121%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	70x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	4x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	4x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

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