Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 800 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 13:15
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 462 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 77.9 0% 45.2 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 74.6 52% 62.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$32 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 56 82 52 69 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 84 Write 102 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 62.2 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 204GB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 65 88 63 76 86 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 71.4 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 69%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BH G1 160GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 70GB free Firmware: 00000009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 90 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 17.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 99.2 37% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 35%
Hitachi HTS54503 320GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 94GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 38.5 Mixed 22 SusWrite 40.9 47% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 3,851 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 78%

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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 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	70x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	4x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	4x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16