Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). 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, 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120608
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 09:19
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 162 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 437 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 11C0) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 27.8 26% 28.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 43 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 51 123 70 105 84 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.2% Poor	Read 237 Write 87.3 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 91.8 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 11.1 44% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 10.5 DQ Write 26.7 DQ Mixed 15.6 13% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 127GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 14 26 14 19 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 7.3 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 19.5 23% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 16GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 63 60 61 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 115 Write 99.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 61.9 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-004.A00LF 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 10GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

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