Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	20.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 09:13
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2698 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 156 Parallax 133 123% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 111 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 489GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 50 214749413411 (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 100 100 4115 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10811782595 (F7) Unknown 100 100 339728907 (F8) Unknown 100 100 98779608 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3542 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 477 Write 276 Mixed 340 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 21.9 76% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 49.2 80% 158 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 104%
ES0120S 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 29GB free Firmware: 346A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18798330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -116702851330468 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1895 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 125 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 108 99 18798330 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 48576 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20608 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20608 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27584	19.9% Very poor	Read 185 Write 56.2 Mixed 76.8 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 6.82 4K Mixed 6.7 30% 8.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 34%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112329768 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3874369 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 857079847 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105269 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 77309411367 (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 136283607276604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52822456212040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33839900514371	91.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 160 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116083480 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15267201 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 773128229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48100 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 73014444069 (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 -128294968091358 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3932657921 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20504123136	70% Very good	Read 131 Write 112 Mixed 115 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.63 200% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 405GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 162 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1968 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 99963 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 35 (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	41.5% Average	Read 67.9 Write 76.8 Mixed 70.6 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.11 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team--Elite-1333 2x4GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

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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 $179	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