Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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. 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110909
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 08:19
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 89 2-Core 163 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 412 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 2543) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 5.15 Parallax 6.03 6% 6.1 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 6.74 5% 5.75 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SABER1000 480GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 869 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161122640 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 16 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 825 (F2) Unknown 100 100 815 (F9) Unknown 100 100 31566928	95% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 472 Mixed 489 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 30.5 115% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 85.3 106% 189 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 80 (03) Spinup time 100 100 51539608038 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 180390264870 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 100 100 51539608032 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 180390264869 (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	84.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%
Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB-$50 993 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 76GB free Firmware: HA431DN0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 175 173 19819 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 2217 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 243 0 (08) Seek timer performance 249 240 41325 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 12608 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 228 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 249 249 1700 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 39 740360231 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 253 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 3778 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 7504 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	21.7% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.9 Mixed 46.4 31% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 38%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118725752 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21807921 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 84 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 605749280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 140 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 103079215136 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 6321	46% Average	Read 86 Write 74.3 Mixed 70.8 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 100%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46642560 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19394929 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (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 70 49 588906526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 131 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 103079215134 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 87 Write 92.6 Mixed 78.2 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 100%
Samsung SSD 840 Series 250GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 173GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 36.4 Mixed 48.1 77% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 5.4 1,075% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 27.1 DQ Mixed 5.91 1,179% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 323%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX16GX3M4A1333C9 CMX16GX3M4A1333C9 CMX16GX3M4A1333C9 CMX16GX3M4A1333C9 16GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 52%

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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	114x
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	27x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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