Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.4% 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 Drive58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme4  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110621
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 25 '19 at 07:39
Run Duration175 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
76.4% Very good
Memory 94.3
1-Core 86.7
2-Core 175
71% 119 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 342
46% 341 Pts
64-Core 347
22% 347 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
Asus(1043 03AA) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
13.4% Very poor
Lighting 17.6
Reflection 13.7
Parallax 14.7
14% 15.4 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 11.7
Splatting 17.7
12% 13.6 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.4%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 97 99 94 93 95 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 392
Write 136
Mixed 173
SusWrite 96.6
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 48.2
4K Mixed 27.8
97% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 191
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 136
106% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
114GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 93 93 96 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
53.3% Above average
Read 91.9
Write 90
Mixed 58.6
SusWrite 93.5
61% 83.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-006.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 9905471-006.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 19.3
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 18.1
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $628
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