Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 23:01
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 454 53% 410 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.3 87% 102 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 100 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 131GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 165 (AA) Unknown 100 100 638 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 143 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 228	84.5% Excellent	Read 522 Write 506 Mixed 508 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 15.2 90% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 64.6 73% 117 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 70 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 602 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 341	75.4% Very good	Read 519 Write 440 Mixed 458 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 9.95 83% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 9.6 30% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 195GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2299 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2241 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 867 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1445 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 35231 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.8% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 90.9 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 93GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1739 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 4471 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 165 Mixed 126 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 47GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1356 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.8% Above average	Read 115 Write 86 Mixed 78.3 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 04CD F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 04CD F3-1600C9-4GAO 04CD F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns

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Desktop 75%

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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	118x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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