Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


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. 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 10:37
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 354 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 96% 113 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.1 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD PLUS 480GB 5,109 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (A5) Unknown 100 100 429608535402 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 129 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 64 274879086625 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3710886216544 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7179 (EA) Unknown 100 100 28413 (F1) Unknown 253 253 24102 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19791 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 347 Write 304 Mixed 261 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 14.6 85% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 16.1 28% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 108%
Sandisk S060GG25 60GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 26GB free Firmware: 362A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -106601088266348 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3628 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 186 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9472 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4864 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4864 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9152	27.8% Poor	Read 154 Write 53.9 Mixed 82.9 21% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 7.98 58% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 7.26 14% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 46%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164027424 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13642708 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 521863198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9861 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64424509470 (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 34110630271066 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16318987162 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75319799638	77.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 74.3 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 224GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78022904 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3541007 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6617 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (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 41867341207362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12566009675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24436611808	94% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 166 Mixed 85.9 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 96%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 41GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 141 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791299910 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1135 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2822 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569019936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	30.4% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 50.1 Mixed 34.2 35% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CML16GX3M2A1600C10 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.7 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%

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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	115x
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	28x
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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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