Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.6% 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	54.8% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 566 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 61.6 6% 29.3 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 25.4 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JAJS600M256C 256GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN07373 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 329 293 319 231 191 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 212 Write 192 Mixed 262 SusWrite 273 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 26.1 91% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 47.6 DQ Mixed 29.3 24% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 98%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 576GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 93 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 52.4 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 91.7 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 19: 3R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
19%	17%	29	253	115	60	17"	1280 1024	HWP2649 HP L1740

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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