Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	109% 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 Drive	37.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '23 at 19:19
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 163 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 406 43% 344 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 1.7 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.83 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 113% 141 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 142 Splatting 124 107% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 67 69 68 64 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 269 Write 286 Mixed 212 SusWrite 66 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 19.4 66% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 70.4 DQ Mixed 39.5 33% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 140GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 282 304 298 288 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 343 Write 302 Mixed 214 SusWrite 290 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 20.3 69% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 39 32% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 288GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 69 68 65 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 63.6 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 66.3 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 43%
Sabrent Disk Device 4TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 14GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.22% Terrible	Read 51.2 Write 21.1 Mixed 22.6 SusWrite 1.7 27% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 30% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.22% Great: 85%
Sabrent Disk Device 2TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 683GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 23 24 23 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 54.2 Write 24.4 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 23.2 37% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 45% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 123%
Sabrent Disk Device 4TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 24GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Read 51.2 Write 23.3 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 1.7 27% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 30% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 82%

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

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 396 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 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	9x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	8x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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