Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	44.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 357 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12958643 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -119116622987245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 36 94491639835 (C2) HDA temperature 27 36 94491639835 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12958643 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12958643 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12958643 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959431 (EA) Unknown 0 0 89 (F1) Unknown 0 0 89 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966096	44.5% Average	Read 321 Write 229 Mixed 232 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 11 57% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.3 DQ Write 19.4 DQ Mixed 11.2 11% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 344GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4946235 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 51 51 50652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148339973 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 242 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 454557720 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 64424509464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 31 4946235 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.5% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 93.9 Mixed 60.7 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 312GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224946540 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47585895 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 471334937 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 27 224946540 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 116	53.5% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 93.8 Mixed 23.8 51% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$16 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 233GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88706145 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198366143 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 454557721 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 88706145 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.6% Average	Read 85.6 Write 87.2 Mixed 55.6 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 106GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 36.8 Mixed 37.9 49% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.12 43% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.53 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 46%

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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	343x
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 $80Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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