Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.9% 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	55.5% 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.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 08:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 235 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 579 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.7 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.26 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 2%
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1256 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Lighting 58.1 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 70.7 47% 63.9 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 55.5 Splatting 51.9 46% 57 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.0.3b SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 85 89 97 105 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.5% Above average	Read 265 Write 131 Mixed 196 SusWrite 93.5 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 27.6 104% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 109 96% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 80%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 60GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 84 94 95 95 94 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.7% Average	Read 152 Write 114 Mixed 132 SusWrite 91.4 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 26.2 96% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 115 88% 121 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 61GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 98 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 99 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 79%

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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	341x
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	45x

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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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