Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.9% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110708
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '22 at 17:37
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 183 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 352 45% 341 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 109 88% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 96.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 200 168 185 196 196 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.9% Average	Read 187 Write 203 Mixed 184 SusWrite 184 43% 189 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 25.5 82% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 33.4 26% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 134%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 270GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 87 87 86 87 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 77.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 85.6 54% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-440.A00LF 9905403-440.A00LF 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 395 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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