Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics114% 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 Drive68.2% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110921
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '21 at 09:47
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
68.2% Good
Memory 90.9
1-Core 94.6
2-Core 187
73% 124 Pts
4-Core 247
8-Core 474
43% 361 Pts
64-Core 470
29% 470 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
114% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 208
Parallax 131
112% 159 fps
MRender 199
Gravity 157
Splatting 127
128% 161 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 114%
Great: 139%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
50.5% Above average
Lighting 60.7
Reflection 83.3
Parallax 52.9
50% 65.6 fps
MRender 69.2
Gravity 67.7
Splatting 58.5
53% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86
900GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR032
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 283 342 187 337 340 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 349
Write 329
Mixed 310
SusWrite 282
72% 318 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 33.8
109% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 33.6
DQ Write 92.7
DQ Mixed 47.8
41% 58 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 125%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5
25GB free, PID db8a
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 20 21 21 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
12.2% Very poor
Read 32.4
Write 22.6
Mixed 27.3
SusWrite 20.8
34% 25.8 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1.2
77% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 12.2%
Great: 37%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
56.7% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 17.4
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 19.2
52% 18.3 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Builds (Compare 125 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $879
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HDDRAMUSB
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