Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 14:17
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2625 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 170 Parallax 136 120% 151 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 145 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 65GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 99 638 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 418990967	50.9% Above average	Read 252 Write 139 Mixed 142 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 21 85% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 11.2 45% 102 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 114%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^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 98 98 7031 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1160 (B1) Unknown 95 95 167 (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 69 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 521748 (EB) Unknown 99 99 202 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11158201673	45.3% Average	Read 260 Write 239 Mixed 241 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 11.1 62% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 11 19% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 892GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 37 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 66 9161 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3252 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4622 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1604 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389609498 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 90 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3356	70.4% Very good	Read 101 Write 144 Mixed 134 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.49 129% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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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 $45	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