Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.52% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 12:12
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 194 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 470 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 2000 15,855 User benchmarks, average bench 6% HP(103C 084A) 1GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 652 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 377.83 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 8.85 Parallax 6.34 6% 7.62 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 8.48 7% 8.64 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 289 Write 290 Mixed 252 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 17.9 77% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 18.4 22% 37 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 790GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 91.5 Mixed 39.2 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 25.5 Mixed 11.3 27% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.33 49% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 3,471 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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 $300	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16