Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 18:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 473 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Gigabyte(1458 3542) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1820 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 35.9 29% 34.7 fps	MRender 52.4 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 36.6 36% 44.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 174GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 17093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1448 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 892 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 188978561052 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5213882403 (F7) Unknown 100 100 164841484 (F8) Unknown 100 100 219152903	78.8% Very good	Read 502 Write 272 Mixed 353 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 21 107% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 46.2 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16800 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1862 (B1) Unknown 96 96 122 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 689 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33732629032
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 658GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 55 55 19194 (03) Spinup time 73 44 8241 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8811 (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 27590 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3022 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20514360 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511256 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 10 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8906	62.1% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 90.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 3.39 4K Mixed 0.33 117% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 322GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107385352 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20205015 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65544 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72878 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (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 -117055038682426 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11557457482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 325444667265	57% Above average	Read 105 Write 93.6 Mixed 93.6 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

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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	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