Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 11:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 488 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.4% Average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 49.8 Parallax 52.5 42% 51.2 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 71.3 50% 59.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 10089321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 12910671696163 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1671 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 49 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10089321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10089321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10089321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7569 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9884 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9884 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8830	42.8% Average	Read 203 Write 129 Mixed 149 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 11.9 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 11.6 16% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 140 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2266 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1744 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9625 (C2) HDA temperature 115 82 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.4% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 89.7 Mixed 76.2 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.4 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28252232 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 17193929412 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (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 69 56 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 763 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4375 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (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 52785148071453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3345133355 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2701690200	97.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 19.9 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.31 144% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 464GB free Firmware: AX0D5A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 406 (0A) Spinup retry count 105 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 609 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799805987 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.5% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 48.9 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 40%

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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 $134	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