Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 02:49
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 454 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.9% Good	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.7 57% 90.8 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 86.9 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 458 462 465 468 463 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 308GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 88 87 88 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 82.5 Write 85.3 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 86.8 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 54%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 453GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 108 109 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 93 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 108 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600LL Series 1600LL Series 8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16