Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 11:08
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 574 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 570-$350 22,303 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 0401) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 28 20% 30.4 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 25.9 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 155 162 166 166 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 158 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 160 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 396GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 139 139 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 41.8 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 139 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

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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	342x
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	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 $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 $40	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