Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.9% 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	36.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 04:25
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 77.6 2-Core 153 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 259 38% 275 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 73.3 50% 63.3 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 71 49% 58.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST6000AS0002-1N917X 6TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96582968 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2049 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4408365536 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 6068881393029 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 638844966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1971 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5011 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 115 99 96582968 (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 112064286689388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19331116020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67422222765	15.3% Very poor	Read 114 Write 133 Mixed 57.2 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 0.51 8% 4.56 MB/s	DQ Read 1.37 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 0.72 2% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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 100 100 935 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 544 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11193 (A5) Unknown 100 100 70 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47460112990243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115529 (F2) Unknown 100 100 153926 (F5) Unknown 100 100 132217	36.4% Below average	Read 340 Write 44 Mixed 196 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 9.29 64% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 9.1 15% 27.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 95%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 7833 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9142 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 125787 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 38 (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	64.4% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 124 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 837GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72743224 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8866314 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2084 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 9195290660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 245 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35175 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16359530428671 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104619894559592 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75440016812618	74.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 136 Mixed 86.2 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 312GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 518 (03) Spinup time 165 161 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8605 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85586 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.3% Average	Read 75.2 Write 68.3 Mixed 19.2 40% 54.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL CL9-9-9 DDR3 1600 CL9-9-9 DDR3 1600 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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