Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87% 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 Drive60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110909
Uptime8.1 Days
Run DateJan 18 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 95.4
1-Core 109
2-Core 224
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 418
58% 427 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 113
Parallax 98.5
90% 107 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 98.8
Splatting 103
81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 232 166 46 43 37 MB/s
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
60.3% Good
Read 246
Write 234
Mixed 220
SusWrite 126
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 48.8
4K Mixed 34.5
108% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 203
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 196
147% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
0GB free
Firmware: 1AA01113
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 50.8
Write 31.7
Mixed 39.5
31% 40.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
995GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 63 64 64 63 63 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
46.9% Average
Read 100
Write 98.8
Mixed 70.2
SusWrite 62.5
61% 83 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
59.7% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 19.4
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 18.6
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 56
71% 56 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 393 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $526
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