Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110909
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 398 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.5 58% 67.9 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.1 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7412 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 791 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14049532077	102% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 407 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 42.1 134% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 119 145% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5932 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 640 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 633 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1277467785	56.2% Above average	Read 320 Write 115 Mixed 165 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 30.6 100% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 56.3 57% 95 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 466GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173337552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43295000 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1314 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 69 437452825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4205 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (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 33762737926757 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7967827532 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8303226040	82.7% Excellent	Read 132 Write 155 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.17 4K Mixed 0.59 185% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 418GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 92.4 Write 98 Mixed 72.9 112% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 5GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 135 Write 58.7 Mixed 79.5 104% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.82 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 1.37 149% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 20.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%

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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	115x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	98x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16