Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '20 at 03:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 630 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 115% 137 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 97% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 223 70 55 55 54 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.1% Average	Read 175 Write 157 Mixed 157 SusWrite 110 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 20.9 85% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 48.7 DQ Mixed 27 24% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 88%
Toshiba MK1237GSX 120GB-$65 875 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 110GB free Firmware: DL130G SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 35 33 27 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 32.3 23% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CML8GX3M2A1866C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battleship

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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16