Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 13:16
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 600 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% 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)	2.32% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.71 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.74 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 71.7 65% 77 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 63.2 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 8 (AA) Unknown 100 100 9 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201864642595 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 193 (F1) Unknown 100 100 194 (F2) Unknown 100 100 819 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10572	24.3% Poor	Read 182 Write 51 Mixed 83.6 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 4.33 43% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 4.64 14% 30 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 278GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 486 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032882 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589496355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 430 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 33 60% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 141 1466 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2444 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2242 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148909 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3266 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13532182300 (F2) Unknown 200 200 47097594475 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	40.5% Average	Read 65.6 Write 75.2 Mixed 46.8 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x4GB 2,394 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 60%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	70x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	18x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	4x
HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 3,905 samples	4x
CT102464BD160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 4,052 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16