Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 193 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 512 51% 416 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 191 Parallax 193 136% 183 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 173 Splatting 121 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 326 254 312 326 339 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 281 Write 333 Mixed 278 SusWrite 315 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 29.8 98% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 41.6 33% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 442GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 122 126 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 125 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Portable 4TB 2,509 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 28.9 Write 26.9 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 28.7 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 186% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,025 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.3% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 62%

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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 $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