Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.3% 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.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 14:55
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 171 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 343 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 10.1 12% 12.2 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 403 402 404 407 407 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 439 Mixed 412 SusWrite 402 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 40.6 128% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 304 245% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 101GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 417 421 421 422 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 438 Mixed 315 SusWrite 418 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 33.7 117% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 155 167% 279 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 134GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 67 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43% Average	Read 82.2 Write 47.4 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 67.4 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 472GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 83 83 82 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 125 Write 82.3 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 82 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 48 SusWrite 125 136% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 680GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 39 SusWrite 93 120% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 8GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

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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%

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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	99x
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 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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