Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% 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	50.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 19:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 365 44% 340 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%
Nvidia Quadro K1200 4,005 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 1140) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.95 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 14.3 13% 14.6 fps	MRender 19.7 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 14.1 13% 16.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A5) Unknown 100 100 18546900 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 423 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 34 146030264350 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 257699872828 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1143 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4356 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3510 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3006 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 362 Write 232 Mixed 174 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 9.53 70% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 44.5 DQ Mixed 10.5 15% 26.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 108%
Apricorn SATAWire 128GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 33.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 29 37% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.22 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 3.25 382% 5.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 55%

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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