Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 604 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.85 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.68 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 78.4 65% 79.5 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 65.1 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (14^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 (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 96 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864642596 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 238 (F1) Unknown 100 100 244 (F2) Unknown 100 100 881 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13236	44% Average	Read 269 Write 251 Mixed 191 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 4.47 58% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 4.94 14% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 242GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032882 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 689438761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 439 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 102 Mixed 32.5 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 141 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2251 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 149198 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 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 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3271 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13585448970 (F2) Unknown 200 200 47271729219 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 71 Mixed 39.4 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x4GB 2,394 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

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Gaming 25%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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