Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 38.9 2-Core 91.9 42% 66.4 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 173 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3242) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.95% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 13.6 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.95% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1827 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 401 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4296933997 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 76 403767318 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 401 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 735765 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1021 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 735765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1516849	98.8% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 469 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 34.2 123% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 128 134% 222 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 77 (03) Spinup time 220 220 51562676576 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1162 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 219044380702 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 148 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 112 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684721607 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 870 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 870 (C2) HDA temperature 224 224 141735034909 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 182 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 4.37 4K Mixed 0.61 189% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 101 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38687343087 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 61205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4968 (C0) Power-off retract count 49 49 62300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 62300 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799609377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 137 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.5 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

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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	342x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	118x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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