Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% 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.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '23 at 19:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 398 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 50.4 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 72 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSV5 480GB 673 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 200 139 58 55 65 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.6% Average	Read 233 Write 216 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 118 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 10.1 87% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 1.6 33% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 81GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 97 97 95 93 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 141 Write 135 Mixed 102 SusWrite 93.8 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	1	199	43	0	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7211 SAMSUNG

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 779 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	345x
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 $278Bench 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
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16