Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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	25.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (18%). 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	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (44^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 180 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 464 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 137 Parallax 131 110% 134 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 95% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 221 53 53 52 73 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	25.9% Poor	Read 110 Write 82.8 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 108 21% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 11.3 47% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.8 DQ Write 17.6 DQ Mixed 13.9 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 88%
Toshiba MK1237GSX 120GB-$65 875 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 18GB free Firmware: DL130G SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 28.3 Write 24.3 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 27.9 19% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 029E CML8GX3M2A1866C9 029E CML8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 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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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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