Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '23 at 20:10
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 191 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 479 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 117 89% 116 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.8 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 225 235 242 242 229 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74% Very good	Read 250 Write 242 Mixed 227 SusWrite 217 53% 234 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 41.7 134% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 196 147% 197 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 108 Write 79.5 Mixed 111 22% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 23.9 77% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 47.8 49% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 481GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 82 85 85 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 99 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 82.7 69% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 3x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 74%

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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%	0	71	59	60	23"	1280 720	LEN60F1 LEN T2364pA

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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	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
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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