Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
Graphics	77.3% 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	58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '15 at 19:52
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 86.3 2-Core 166 58% 126 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 414 43% 344 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 56% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.9 78% 103 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 91 77% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 3TB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 114GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.4% Poor	Read 145 Write 283 Mixed 142 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 9.35 4K Mixed 0.85 7% 3.67 MB/s	DQ Read 3.03 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.87 3% 5.24 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 462%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 15017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1840 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 183 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 15620870506948 (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 80 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 15 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58.2% Above average	Read 487 Write 192 Mixed 259 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 10.2 77% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 10.9 35% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 502GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 223515704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 526811 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 67 63 555352097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 103079215137 (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 44293997723660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4939112086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128581034	63.4% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 576GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 202 Mixed 156 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.43 139% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 293%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 267GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74938040 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4536538 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1536 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605618212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79250 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 55834574884 (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 84078279795574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114789707466055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8687998215623	67.2% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 78.5 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 113%
Lexar SD USB_3_0 Read 129GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 50GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22% Poor	Read 90.3 Write 20.9 Mixed 48.5 57% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.68 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.78 81% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 68%

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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 $48	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 below expectations (24th percentile)

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