Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21% 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)
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 184 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 356 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Lighting 24.4 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 33.1 20% 27.6 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 27 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13244688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 51127290695199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 72 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 77313146912 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13244688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13244688 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13244688 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7085 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7532 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7532 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11547	53.5% Above average	Read 499 Write 132 Mixed 202 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 12 64% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 39.3 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 83%
Samsung HD103SM 1TB 933 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 641GB free Firmware: 1AJ10206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9353 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2911 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 180389740577 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2783 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389740577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2	71.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 128 Mixed 115 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.53 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 202GB free Firmware: PB2OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 262146 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 202 202 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 8965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3244 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 84535 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 210453790749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	21.6% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 33.7 Mixed 1.75 18% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 45%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 823GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 77.5 Mixed 66.2 94% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 63%
ASMT 2115 320GB 741 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 298GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 67 Write 65.8 Mixed 65.2 85% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 993999 4x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 101%

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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	98x
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 $75Bench 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: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16