Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.7% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 19:10
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 188 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 468 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 64.3 62% 70.9 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 67.2 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 457GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 406 400 412 414 417 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 439 Mixed 341 SusWrite 406 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 31.3 110% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 292 234% 331 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 133%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 110 131 123 128 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 396 Write 158 Mixed 210 SusWrite 124 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 30.1 103% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 163 123% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 90GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 108 111 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 111 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 76%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 311GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 68 71 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 132 Write 116 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 71.1 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 127 129 131 133 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 130 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 58%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	39x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	38x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
Solid State Disk 1TBSpccBench 79%, 17,192 samples	6x
S510 120GBAdataBench 67%, 690 samples	5x
M4 128GBCrucial $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples	4x

RAM
BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 859B BL25664BA160A.16FG Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GBUnknownBench 57%, 12 samples	10x
1600 CL9 Series 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 1,306 samples	5x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	4x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $879

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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