Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 12:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 484 61% 465 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Lighting 55.7 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 69.6 45% 54 fps	MRender 34.4 Gravity 54.3 Splatting 45.8 37% 44.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$119 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 127 (A3) Unknown 100 100 38 (A4) Unknown 100 100 60282 (A5) Unknown 100 100 96 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8365 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 79207 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187015 (F5) Unknown 100 100 241128	48.2% Average	Read 219 Write 212 Mixed 217 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 16 83% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 61.3 DQ Mixed 16 20% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 466GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197522721 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 54 54 48101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8029829 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 21 197522721 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111248242912260 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2227386444 (F2) Unknown 100 253 191166960	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 77.1 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.47 108% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 63%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 141 Write 79.1 Mixed 95 124% 105 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 1.47 130% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-170.A00LF 1x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.2 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

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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 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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