Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.8% 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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 08:54
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 482 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 199 Parallax 185 153% 191 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 184 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 138 104 115 87 69 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.8% Average	Read 245 Write 190 Mixed 166 SusWrite 110 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 20.9 73% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 76.8 DQ Mixed 108 86% 122 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 24GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 37 39 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 48.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 38.8 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 84 83 82 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 67.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 36 SusWrite 84.7 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 26.7 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 29.3 20% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 61%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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