Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 21:03
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 361 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 3GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.83 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 189 93% 134 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 111 Splatting 139 98% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 86 81 80 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Read 124 Write 99 Mixed 125 SusWrite 81.6 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 20.1 79% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 96.2 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 84.8 69% 98 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 136GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 159 142 144 149 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 310 Write 204 Mixed 231 SusWrite 143 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 29.9 101% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 151 125% 177 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 124GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 123 122 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 121 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 377GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 101 101 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.3 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 101 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 77%

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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	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 $295	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