Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.5% 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	17% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 471 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1573) 1.2GB CLim: 874 MHz, MLim: 1001 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.3 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 32.8 24% 35.6 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 24 Splatting 30.1 26% 31.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV100S2128G 128GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: D110225a SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 184 Write 63 Mixed 106 SusWrite 25.2 21% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 12.8 23% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 37%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 57GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 165 162 174 174 174 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.8% Average	Read 226 Write 165 Mixed 172 SusWrite 167 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 14.1 89% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 15.9 25% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 235GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76 Write 76.7 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 76.5 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBSR F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 8GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 64%

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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	344x
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	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16