Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 13:41
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 92 2-Core 174 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 442 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 57 Parallax 111 65% 82.5 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 87.5 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 189 185 176 170 162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 329 Write 281 Mixed 235 SusWrite 180 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 28.1 94% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 43 36% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 124%
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 240GB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 62GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 198 214 196 184 157 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 235 Mixed 275 SusWrite 189 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 25 84% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 238 190% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 89%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 30GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 83 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 84 Write 85.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 82.5 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 68%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 573GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 11 9.1 9.9 8.9 8.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	8.99% Terrible	Read 22 Write 16 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 9.2 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.99% Great: 105%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 256GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 7 5.9 6.9 7.6 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 11.3 Mixed 15 SusWrite 6.4 13% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 112%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 550GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 339GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0 0.2 0.4 0 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 79%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 10GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 3.3 3.4 5.7 5 3.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59% Above average	Read 201 Write 17.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 3.7 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4.5TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 6.9 6.2 3.1 3.9 3.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.3% Good	Read 220 Write 16.8 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 4.8 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 14.7 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 77%

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

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	39x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	39x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	19x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	7x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	5x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	4x

RAM
BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 859B BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GBUnknownBench 57%, 12 samples	10x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	6x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	4x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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