Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36% 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	66% 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.

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	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 09:40
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 182 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 465 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 44.6 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.4 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 234 235 232 227 226 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66% Good	Read 251 Write 234 Mixed 226 SusWrite 232 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 32.7 106% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 194 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 89GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 445 448 389 199 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 451 Mixed 389 SusWrite 354 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 42.1 130% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 913GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 312 340 340 296 333 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 72 72 73 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 71.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 72.6 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 70%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 4GB free Firmware: CT100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 26 SusWrite 32.5 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 42%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 208 215 215 216 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 59%

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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%

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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 $139Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16