Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 02:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 404 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 69.8 65% 77.9 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 99.7 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 67 74 71 68 66 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 435 Write 130 Mixed 199 SusWrite 73.3 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 32.7 120% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 119 106% 163 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 77%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 107 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 77.7 Write 77 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 109 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 113 113 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 112 Write 98.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 113 130% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 106 109 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 122 Write 103 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 108 127% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.7 235% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 59%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16