Asrock Z68 Extreme4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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.
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110518
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 00:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 439 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 90% 110 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 98 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$100 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 551GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34210220 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1321 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 266289086500 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1194001826070 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1412 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8796 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7161 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7102 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	25.2% Poor	Read 162 Write 65.9 Mixed 83.8 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 7.97 47% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 25.7 DQ Mixed 7.87 10% 17.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 96GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4402 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 51 210454446118 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2976687365 (F7) Unknown 100 100 93064434 (F8) Unknown 100 100 30328785	62.6% Good	Read 298 Write 362 Mixed 312 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 15.8 91% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 68.2 DQ Mixed 17.8 22% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 93GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31195 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 551 (B1) Unknown 96 96 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40694504335	40% Below average	Read 204 Write 149 Mixed 135 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 13.4 72% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 32.7 DQ Mixed 13.7 15% 25.1 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64C0MHHHJ-HS 64C0MHHHJ-HS 64C0MHHHJ-HS 64C0MHHHJ-HS 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme4 - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	71x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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