Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 01:49
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (73^rd percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 168 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 288 39% 292 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 77.6 52% 68.7 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 52.9 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 60133277725 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 13 (EA) Unknown 100 100 178797 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12626 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16123 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 36960	80.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 324 Mixed 468 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 28.4 101% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 85.1 96% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 57GB free Firmware: CC57 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66911080 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6140645 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 57 21895381017 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3349 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38139309586393 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74251481042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10581846651	67.5% Good	Read 160 Write 75.1 Mixed 123 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 57GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681604 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 59 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1297 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3872 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3872 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 193274576922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 71 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 128 Write 94.3 Mixed 123 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1661 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1609 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	62.1% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 85.8 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 90 188837762 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 823828964 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9976 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 521666591 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 58 207686905 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	46.5% Average	Read 82.1 Write 79.8 Mixed 79.1 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 54%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 6GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 81 3570942 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 379540017 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3951 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 23 13456670916640 (C2) HDA temperature 32 77 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 57 87013015 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.6% Poor	Read 50.9 Write 51.9 Mixed 48.8 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70134164 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 617011498 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 720 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437387290 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 22 70134164 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54211077238179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1619965073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3918850735	59% Above average	Read 100 Write 105 Mixed 95.6 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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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	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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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