Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	17.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 11:04
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 403 49% 375 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F5) 2GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 17.3 14% 16.3 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 19.2 15% 17.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1247 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 278 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 926 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1672 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4964514707 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3743959956	17.2% Very poor	Read 210 Write 17.3 Mixed 35.1 18% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 7.02 4K Mixed 3.37 27% 7.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 48%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 884GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6675 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 9 9 574851 (C2) HDA temperature 114 86 36 (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	46.5% Average	Read 80.1 Write 81.5 Mixed 74.2 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.14 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 67%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 545GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 3 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790579005 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 14965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2275 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15470 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 287763660836 (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 2	62.7% Good	Read 84.8 Write 134 Mixed 129 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 351GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166579992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1165519 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2770 (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 64 45 672596004 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 55834574884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 15 166579992 (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 44384192060753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1192141952 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3455986537	68% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 25.7 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.51 117% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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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	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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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