Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 14 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '22 at 07:59
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 526 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.54% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 2.2 2% 3.03 fps	MRender 4.2 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3.8 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.54% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 111% 140 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 141 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 165 Mixed 238 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 26.5 101% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 211 177% 262 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 134 124 133 125 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 414 Write 324 Mixed 288 SusWrite 157 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 30.8 103% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 110 122% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 39GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 50 50 51 53 52 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 74.2 Write 28.8 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 51.3 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 43%
Sabrent Disk Device 2TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 458GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 93 93 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 142 Write 128 Mixed 66 SusWrite 91.7 138% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 123%
Sabrent Disk Device 4TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 14GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 6.6 6.8 7.1 7 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 48.7 Write 54.8 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 7.1 56% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 85%
Sabrent Disk Device 4TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 34GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 6.6 6.7 7.2 7 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 60.3 Write 78 Mixed 55 SusWrite 7.1 66% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 82%

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 395 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	116x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	99x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	48x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	28x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	20x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $522

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16