Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '19 at 09:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 475 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 92.1 57% 75.1 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 78.8 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,606 Write 6,833 Mixed 7,196 1,610% 7,212 MB/s	4K Read 715 4K Write 424 4K Mixed 66 1,393% 402 MB/s	DQ Read 1,633 DQ Write 1,573 DQ Mixed 1,731 1,265% 1,646 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 143 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 107 SusWrite 143 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 246% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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) $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