Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '24 at 10:04
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$139 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 181 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 444 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 30.8 18% 29.3 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 28.8 Splatting 24.9 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 387 Mixed 300 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 30.5 105% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 174 176% 284 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Crucial MTFDDAK512MAM-1K1 512GB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 139GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 183 115 129 152 158 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	36% Below average	Read 247 Write 230 Mixed 212 SusWrite 146 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 4.4 44% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 51.9 55% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 76%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 581GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 152 150 153 153 149 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 162 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 148 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 369% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion HDD 5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 2037 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 122 118 112 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 86 Write 114 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 114 136% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 172% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	23	3	60	28.8"	2560 1057	ACI2931 ASUS MX299

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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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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