Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.4% 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	50.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 07:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 582 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 98 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 153 80% 113 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 126 87% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 57 45 32 39 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 449 Write 193 Mixed 238 SusWrite 60.4 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 16.9 80% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 59.2 61% 100 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 72%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7GB free Firmware: M0C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 334 Write 126 Mixed 182 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 26.4 85% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 104 79% 108 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 99GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 101 102 90 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 96.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 96.9 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 459GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 117 118 115 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 64 SusWrite 117 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

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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 $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