Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics1.34% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110909
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateSep 20 '20 at 04:41
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 92.2
1-Core 109
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 538
58% 459 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15
ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB
Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459
Relative performance (0th percentile)
1.34% Terrible
Lighting 2.5
Reflection 3.88
Parallax 1.88
2% 2.75 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.34%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 128GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 26 19 31 25 51 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 972
Write 171
Mixed 253
SusWrite 35.6
77% 358 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 68.8
4K Mixed 18
96% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 178
DQ Mixed 62.2
87% 162 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
344GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 55 57 57 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
31.3% Below average
Read 52.2
Write 57.2
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 56.3
41% 55.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 31.3%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.4% Average
MC Read 16
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 14.1
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 17.1
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 392 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $526
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