Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '22 at 10:00
Run Duration	368 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 181 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 343 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 28.6 20% 28 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 20.7 18% 22.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 109 105 108 107 104 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.9% Above average	Read 272 Write 116 Mixed 176 SusWrite 106 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 29.7 108% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 38.3 39% 60 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 701GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 16 27 41 30 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 51.5 Mixed 1.2 SusWrite 25.7 19% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer 32GB 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 9.2 9.4 9.4 8.6 9.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 22.1 Write 6.2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 8.9 12% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.1 79% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 18%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 16GB-$18 459 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Read 32.6 Write 18.7 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 19 30% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 15% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

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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