Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 21:17
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 474 51% 405 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1332) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 79.3 78% 86.6 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 75.4 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 338 344 344 345 346 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 316 Mixed 291 SusWrite 342 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 33.2 112% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 248 216% 322 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 129%
Corsair Force 3 180GB-$384 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 17GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 93 90 97 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 121 Write 145 Mixed 135 SusWrite 98.5 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 23 78% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 128 104% 149 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 94GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 97 97 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 97.7 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 75%

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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	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 $300	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 $45	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