Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.7% 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	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 08:06
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 651 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1285 MHz, MLim: 1810 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 66.4 40% 60.4 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 54.4 46% 56.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 73GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 8966047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 -108198816090334 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3181 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 56 47248310296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8966047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8966047 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8966047 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25721 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17456 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17456 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28815	37.6% Below average	Read 163 Write 89.1 Mixed 99.2 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 9.06 81% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 9.28 20% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 79%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.3b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 95 95 18347999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -112347754523283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 150 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 60 64428441632 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18347999 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18347999 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18347999 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5203 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6401 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6401 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4580	39.9% Below average	Read 244 Write 95.1 Mixed 152 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 12 75% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 11.3 22% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 80%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 40GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 371 (03) Spinup time 186 184 1683 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7447 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4930 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1011 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 469976 (C2) HDA temperature 121 90 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8224 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.4% Poor	Read 49.1 Write 46 Mixed 33.3 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 41%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3010 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9938 (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 92 92 39602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 43 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7045 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 1 0 107 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 52 302645266 (C2) HDA temperature 78 49 369754134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 166651 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 99 4 86 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.2% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 88.7 Mixed 48.5 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 79%

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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	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