Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.6% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 560 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 62.8 55% 66 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 57 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18161 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 987 (B1) Unknown 90 90 208 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 425 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48844293859	93.6% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 33.4 130% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 86.5 89% 147 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 115%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 168GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 648 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 34 (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	65.8% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 88.4 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 30GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5185 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4346 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 33 (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	85.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.3 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 194 9166 (03) Spinup time 108 105 7575 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4584 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1024 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 802 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 528250 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 186 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 70 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 102044	54.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.5 Mixed 87.1 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 3989480 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 47 717303024347 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2351 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 73586901026 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26873 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91268055058054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25768919474 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64322666199	64% Good	Read 120 Write 103 Mixed 113 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 72%

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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) $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