Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 03:56
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 480 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.7 86% 107 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 86% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 80 78 86 88 92 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 96.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 82.8 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 80 86 88 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 170 Write 160 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 84 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 246% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 51GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 150 153 154 154 155 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 127 Mixed 69 SusWrite 146 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 551 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 86%

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 775 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	342x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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