Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 13:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 188 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 359 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 67.1 42% 50.8 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 43.3 35% 42.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 73 70 128850395163 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7371	49.8% Average	Read 371 Write 256 Mixed 220 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 7.94 61% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 7.82 17% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 527GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 967 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2947 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 909 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 659 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 149 Mixed 110 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.35 109% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 428GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9193 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4379 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8901 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339085855 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 62 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4461	72.9% Very good	Read 117 Write 137 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 859B CT25664BA160B.C8FE 859B BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 859B CT25664BA160B.C8FE 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16