Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 14:01
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 257 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 635 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 48GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4140 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (94) Unknown 100 100 3625 (95) Unknown 100 100 151 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 106 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 57 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 50830 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44378 (F5) Unknown 100 100 132480	82.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 342 Mixed 356 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 22.6 98% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 57.1 97% 191 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 127%
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB-$65 368 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 48484953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 2765958957972 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8927 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 116 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 1095220396066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48484953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48484953 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48484953 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32472 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27293 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27293 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27936	65.3% Good	Read 502 Write 184 Mixed 280 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 14.4 84% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 68.6 91% 166 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 67 9155 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10443 (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 14264 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 223338561569 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1591 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10501
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6052 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 67 8993 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13082 (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 18534 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9399 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 253403463715 (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 70 70 16180 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3919 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13184
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 991GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 167109007 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 51580440792 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37920266257156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2541 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 85899345950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63535451210035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27851129138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31614691760	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 126 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

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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	114x
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	27x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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