Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	9.31% 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	67.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '15 at 16:59
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 85.2 2-Core 171 58% 128 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 299 40% 296 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E810) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	9.31% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 8.97 10% 10.5 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 14.3 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.31% Great: 12%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.38 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.78 2% 2.66 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16763872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -2302102470646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 38 90196803621 (C2) HDA temperature 37 38 90196803621 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16763872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16763872 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16763872 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 66 (EA) Unknown 0 0 139 (F1) Unknown 0 0 139 (F2) Unknown 0 0 135	67.6% Good	Read 509 Write 130 Mixed 204 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 17.1 119% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 29.8 46% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 84%
WD WD15EURS-63S48Y0 1.5TB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 161GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 166 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3049 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 846 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5491 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.6% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 99.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 78GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197055892 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3513 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 46 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 21500659837 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 654 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4487 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 167510278260 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504889374 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 22 197055892 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1683	42.5% Average	Read 94.8 Write 53.3 Mixed 76.8 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%
Seagate ST380817AS 80GB-$130 2,079 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 24GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 47 13142890 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 734231874 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6311 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 47 13142890 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 49 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.2% Poor	Read 45 Write 49.3 Mixed 45.9 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 32%
TrekStor DS maxi Xpress 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 18GB free, PID 0039 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	Read 66.8 Write 45.5 Mixed 54.7 68% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.4 61% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%

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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 $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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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

Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)