Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130122
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 00:09
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 494 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.31 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.52 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.29 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 480GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 182139381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -54022098638694 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2337 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 613 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 1090 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 182139381 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 182139381 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 182139381 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2779 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3672 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3672 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23376	48.9% Average	Read 266 Write 151 Mixed 213 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 18.6 78% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 58.3 61% 102 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222545544 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79967555 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 639303714 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6591 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 222545544 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 72 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 72 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -31284541783157 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31536501664 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1017870798397
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Samsung MMCRE28G5MXP-0VB 128GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: VBM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23482 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4571 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 38 38 3727 (B2) Unknown 76 76 14 (B3) Unknown 98 98 40 (B4) Unknown 98 98 3800 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 98 0 (E8) Unknown 76 76 46 (E9) Unknown 1 1 4294967294
Poor: 4% Great: 105%

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 below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 77%

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

Gaming 25%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16