Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 16:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 438 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2441) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 15.9 15% 16.4 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 19 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: X230600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 129 120 111 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 347 Write 250 Mixed 114 SusWrite 118 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 21.2 82% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 30.4 33% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 764GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 129 120 112 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 13.4 SusWrite 119 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 600GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 98 97 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 164 Write 145 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 99.8 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 152GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 98 97 101 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 88.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 99.7 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CK0 2x4GB 4,484 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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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	342x
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	46x

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 $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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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