Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% 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)
Boot Drive	45.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 22:52
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 423 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PwrHis(1787 2317) 3GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 56.8 37% 44.2 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 38.2 31% 37.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 74 72 62 70 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 151 Write 106 Mixed 136 SusWrite 72.9 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 26.4 94% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 99.9 81% 116 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 61%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1GB free Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 408 Write 263 Mixed 289 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 26.1 92% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 180 163% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 97GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 46 48 48 51 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 40.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 48 31% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 431GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 62 62 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 59.3 Mixed 61 SusWrite 61.1 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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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	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 $184	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) $35	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