Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 15:50
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 573 64% 503 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2194 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 80 Parallax 79.5 64% 79.3 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 73.2 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 76 69 21 79 76 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 373 Write 387 Mixed 275 SusWrite 104 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 29.9 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 38.4 37% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 181GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 69 70 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 68 SusWrite 69 63% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%
Seagate ST1000LX 015-1U7172 1TB 773 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 491GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 91 94 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 90.9 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.2% 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	98x
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 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16