Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 23:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 475 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1329 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 61.9 53% 65.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.9 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 303 Write 243 Mixed 168 177% 238 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.62 188% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136897472 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 47 120263733043 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 67 53 589103137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 417 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27004 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 103079215137 (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 69634304772618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3597431946 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3264974075	72.2% Very good	Read 147 Write 104 Mixed 127 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.31 138% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 692GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 94734768 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6587166 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (B7) Unknown 49 49 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 47245427386 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 589168674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 823 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64766 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 107374182434 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 98 6240 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116853175242707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12461204556 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21654221039	64.2% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 105 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 215GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 318 Write 348 Mixed 227 222% 298 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.32 132% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 176%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 117 Write 97.9 Mixed 104 134% 106 MB/s	4K Read 6.85 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 1.61 204% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 2x4GB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

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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	344x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	119x
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	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16