Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 12:24
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 477 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1329 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 62.2 54% 65.8 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 55 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169175792 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 51 47 120263987667 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 706936870 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27477 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 103079215142 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -80650895881672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3808463374 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3789550293	83.3% Excellent	Read 161 Write 129 Mixed 128 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 4.19 4K Mixed 0.35 144% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 290 Write 250 Mixed 144 169% 228 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.72 186% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 635GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 7227720 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6685642 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1364 (B7) Unknown 40 40 60 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 1 47245427414 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 706936870 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64986 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 107374182438 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 98 6268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124704375459836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12815180628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21749230896	69.5% Good	Read 112 Write 130 Mixed 144 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 215GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 323 Write 304 Mixed 260 221% 295 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.3 130% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 176%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 118 Write 97.5 Mixed 106 135% 107 MB/s	4K Read 7.21 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 1.74 201% 4.11 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 2x4GB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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