Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.9% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 04:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 428 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 51 44% 56.1 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 68.1 55% 66.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 325 197 214 188 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 404 Write 448 Mixed 329 SusWrite 252 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 28.1 100% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 280 227% 321 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 108%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 90GB 648 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 45GB free Firmware: 1.29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 52 43 50 48 54 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 102 Write 63.8 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 51.2 18% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 19.1 73% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 68 DQ Mixed 64.4 58% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 49%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 685GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 59 73 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 96 Write 84.5 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 64.3 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 605GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 78 76 78 79 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 76.9 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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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 $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