Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	61.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 668 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 165 Parallax 139 132% 155 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 153 Splatting 120 108% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%
Intel HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)-$15 52,547 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0162) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^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 10226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2294 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 125 (AE) Unknown 100 100 229 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 210452742176 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25232851900 (F7) Unknown 100 100 796906335 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1184336196	61.9% Good	Read 502 Write 273 Mixed 352 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 13.2 80% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 14.2 19% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 606GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9139 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5309 (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 18824 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159347743 (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 30 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5440	74.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 133 Mixed 129 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 3.39 4K Mixed 0.43 138% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 434GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16051792 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28521081 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1635 (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 70 54 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46450 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 55834574878 (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 -58282706203722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25808372797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 369767336723	70.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 117 Mixed 127 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Read 15.6 Write 6.3 Mixed 5.72 10% 9.19 MB/s	4K Read 3.66 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 44% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 70%

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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