Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 566 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 113% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 270GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5948 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1633 (B1) Unknown 98 98 65 (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 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 202 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33550634269
Poor: 66% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1590 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 440 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4196962087	58.5% Above average	Read 363 Write 137 Mixed 189 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 20.6 100% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 79.9 74% 115 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 134%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 51GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3256 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605421604 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 864 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4095 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 91.4 Mixed 95.9 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 75%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 42GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4028 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 37 (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	63.1% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 21GB free Firmware: JF100-19 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 99 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8481 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8048 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3312 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 64304 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 151 118 671219741 (C2) HDA temperature 145 115 687996959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 64304 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 54.9 Mixed 47.6 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.25 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: JC66 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 90 664077 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2276 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4320642732 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1023 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 585 (BC) Unknown 100 96 131082 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 571736098 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 28 664077 (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 56371445764307 (F1) Unknown 100 253 843562780 (F2) Unknown 100 253 992008573	56% Above average	Read 99 Write 96.1 Mixed 68 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.46 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 104 149% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 57%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 130GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 92.5 Write 86.4 Mixed 70.7 105% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 830B M2F2G64CB88G7N-CG 04CD F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 830B M2F2G64CB88G7N-CG 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 56%

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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	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 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: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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