Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.28% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 15:04
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 165 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 365 36% 295 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.29% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 3.88 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.69 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.29% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.28% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 12.1 8% 10.7 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 13.6 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.28% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 142 130 135 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 382 Write 200 Mixed 232 SusWrite 140 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 34.5 126% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 182 141% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 119 124 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 129 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 9905403-442.A00LF 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 50%

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 776 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $269	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 $178	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