Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.3% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 18:15
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 571 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 94 99 94 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 247 Write 125 Mixed 182 SusWrite 89.7 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 30.2 126% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 94.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 101 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 263GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 475 471 463 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 332 Mixed 342 SusWrite 466 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 38.8 146% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 171 161% 246 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 86GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 62 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 75.9 Mixed 52 SusWrite 63.1 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 55%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 115GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 80 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 85.1 Write 88.2 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 78.4 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 550GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 160 160 162 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 104 SusWrite 160 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 4,489 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 79%

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

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	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	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 $179	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