Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 12:58
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 660 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 24GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1096 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10172 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (94) Unknown 100 100 10265 (95) Unknown 100 100 347 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 301 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 126163 (F2) Unknown 100 100 208963 (F5) Unknown 100 100 325504	67% Good	Read 515 Write 342 Mixed 356 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 12.7 82% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 56.2 38% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 127%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB-$65 368 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 13220503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 115517440414557 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9736 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 262 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 1095220723751 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13220503 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13220503 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13220503 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 43961 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37786 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37786 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32368	55.5% Above average	Read 502 Write 162 Mixed 252 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 10.7 82% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 10 18% 34 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 84%
Adata SU800 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 472GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 67 9458 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13027 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15591 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9495 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 50 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 223338561564 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1591 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13226	77.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 143 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.59 150% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 336GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 52963647 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 1477578332036 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -95189360178495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1162 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65542 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 420544537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9567 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 30064771097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 1610612737598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52092619887 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45603765425	57.1% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 101 Mixed 78.1 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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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 $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