Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.8% 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)
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '20 at 23:30
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 395 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.8% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 74.1 59% 74.4 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 67.4 Splatting 60.4 55% 67.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 170 192 178 183 183 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 181 Write 204 Mixed 174 SusWrite 175 42% 184 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 24.7 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 35.4 33% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 123GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 50 49 49 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 35.2 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 49.5 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 29 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 26.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 28.5 21% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 54%

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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	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 $129Bench 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) $35	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