Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 10:47
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 409 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.4 86% 105 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 98 Splatting 79.5 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 240GB-$225 2,151 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 201 240 241 243 243 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 293 Write 249 Mixed 238 SusWrite 231 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 27.3 97% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 34.3 36% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-437.A01LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	342x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	119x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	50x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	54x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	46x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	20x

RAM
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 16,472 samples	14x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	12x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GBCorsairBench 48%, 1,087 samples	12x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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