Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit, Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '20 at 23:26
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 226 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 643 71% 560 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 112 Parallax 233 104% 157 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 125 Splatting 155 110% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 328 326 329 329 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,742 Write 1,023 Mixed 808 SusWrite 353 217% 981 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 59.5 218% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 908 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 761 582% 791 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 330GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 464 465 463 447 350 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 468 Mixed 435 SusWrite 442 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 46.3 148% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 368 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 208GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 458 280 232 239 251 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 422 Write 453 Mixed 376 SusWrite 320 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 30.2 102% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 324 246% 332 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-4GXL 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 04CD F3-2133C9-4GXL 04CD F3-17000CL9-4GBXM 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%

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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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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