Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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

2 years ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110929
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '22 at 22:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 417 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 194 Parallax 185 149% 187 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 186 Splatting 125 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 323 373 339 353 356 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 426 Mixed 350 SusWrite 329 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 35.5 119% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 362 274% 368 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 203 243 58 53 43 MB/s Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.4% Good	Read 258 Write 244 Mixed 228 SusWrite 126 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 34.7 111% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 193 145% 193 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 121%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 205GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 64 64 64 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 66.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 63.8 47% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%

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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	344x
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	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16