Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 11:02
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 437 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 107% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 56 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 147 Write 65.3 Mixed 97 SusWrite 57.2 20% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 22.7 84% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 27.6 26% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 862GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 130 130 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 131 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.7 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 394 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	116x
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	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16