Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120608
Uptime	15 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '16 at 13:20
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 172 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 285 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 274 17% 274 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1370) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 13.3 12% 15.1 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 17.5 14% 17.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 247 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (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 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14467199148
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 166GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25108 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2651 (B1) Unknown 98 98 69 (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 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 123 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25166606018	75.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 396 Mixed 446 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 66.1 70% 117 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2141 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1815 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14185 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 36 (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	59.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.2 105% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 84%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 791GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 176 176 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2469 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 36 (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	59.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 110 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 582GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 159 6800 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7321 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 140866 (C2) HDA temperature 114 110 36 (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	41% Average	Read 68.5 Write 73.9 Mixed 77 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 67%
StoreJet Transcend 250GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 0GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 25.9 Mixed 26.3 34% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.23 43% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF 9905403-199.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%

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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	115x
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	28x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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