Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	16% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '14 at 17:28
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 84.2 2-Core 162 56% 123 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 501 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 56% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 20 18% 18.3 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 16.3 12% 14.7 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS72105 500GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 298GB free Firmware: A41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897550528 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65537 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 3215639 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 387973151 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3172 (C2) HDA temperature 193 142 188979281951 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7	70.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 122 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 76%
Hitachi HCS72101 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 227GB free Firmware: AB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 55878943397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1649 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3587 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 287763857453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6	35.9% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 57.5 Mixed 60.8 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 239 Mixed 161 146% 196 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 6.49 4K Mixed 0.42 187% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 120%

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Typical Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Builds (Compare 393 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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