Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	8.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 14:30
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 411 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 78.7 67% 82.8 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 67.7 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 50 108 65 26 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 441 Write 196 Mixed 236 SusWrite 67.7 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 16.1 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 58 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 72%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 227 226 232 229 229 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.7% Good	Read 234 Write 237 Mixed 217 SusWrite 229 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 28.9 96% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 145 116% 160 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 815GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 102 102 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.8 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 103 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. CT51264BA160BJ.C8F BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 57%

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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 $75Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16