Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	158% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '22 at 08:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 198 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 460 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 22.2.3 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (100 fps cap detected)	79.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 100 Parallax 100 82% 100 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 100 Splatting 81.6 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 582 591 584 584 619 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 558 Mixed 548 SusWrite 596 154% 694 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 53 182% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 430 341% 471 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 313%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 367GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 109 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 62GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 128 Write 42.3 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 103 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.4 233% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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