Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 03:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 164 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 312 41% 305 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 105 Parallax 95.6 82% 100 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 85.4 72% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 48 223338299434 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40490454130 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1266729095 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3194982359	61.7% Good	Read 263 Write 248 Mixed 254 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 22.5 90% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 45.1 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
4TB Raid WDBlack 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 885GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: PIO DMA 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	127% Outstanding	Read 337 Write 107 Mixed 130 142% 191 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 1.09 262% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 16.2 Mixed 15.1 21% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.14 106% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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