Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120608
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 21:10
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 96 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 456 49% 391 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 21 Parallax 23.8 22% 24.1 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.7 20% 23.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 57 54 48 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 297 Write 81.3 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 55 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 10.8 50% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 23.6 DQ Mixed 16.9 14% 21.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 211GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 178 178 173 172 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 118 Write 89 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 169 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 156% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 165GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 173 172 172 153 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 163 161% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.7 274% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 122 120 122 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 121 150% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 231GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 136 136 134 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 92 Write 100 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 136 140% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 79%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	115x
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	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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