Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 10:01
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 88 2-Core 177 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 321 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 42.7 28% 36.5 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 35.8 26% 31 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1942 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 452 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 892 (C2) HDA temperature 63 39 261993725989 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 14 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 85 85 15 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 79820366136 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2510767137 (F8) Unknown 100 100 687084858	62.7% Good	Read 302 Write 379 Mixed 290 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 16 83% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 15.2 25% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 113%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 628GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 29.8 Mixed 25.5 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.65 4K Mixed 0.25 124% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 65GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42216956 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113257875 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3564 (B7) Unknown 83 83 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 163211247665 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 185289277476 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 42216956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 92082 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 11390253282133 (F1) Unknown 100 253 489493942 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3757088251	61% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 29 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBZL F3-12800CL9-2GBZL F3-12800CL9-2GBZL F3-12800CL9-2GBZL 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.5% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 56%

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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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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 $46

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