Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 161 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 444 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 130 Parallax 110 88% 116 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 849 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40154192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (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 77 (D2) Unknown 100 100 2125 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2424 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2781 (F9) Unknown 100 100 112904435	66.6% Good	Read 346 Write 382 Mixed 248 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 15.3 91% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 15 26% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 98%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 366GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6290 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 90 83 168427530 (C2) HDA temperature 86 81 235536398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 154652 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36.3% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 62 Mixed 30.1 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 126GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 132 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3999 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41716 (C2) HDA temperature 125 112 18 (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	51.7% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 92.8 Mixed 5.4 44% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.24 112% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBZL F3-14900CL9-4GBZL F3-14900CL9-4GBZL F3-14900CL9-4GBZL 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 56%

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	39x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	38x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	6x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	5x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	4x

RAM
BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 859B BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GBUnknownBench 57%, 12 samples	10x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $879

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