Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% 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	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 474 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 61.2 52% 64.4 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 53.3 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -120619860631465 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2870 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2850 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 578783 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 578783 (F2) Unknown 100 100 417468 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19918	44.7% Average	Read 437 Write 60.5 Mixed 79.7 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 9.8 76% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 24.4 23% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 85GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177064296 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36858185 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 564 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 504496157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8604 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 698 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90537910595091 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18424404801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 820572404377	64.2% Good	Read 95.7 Write 127 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 1 239% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 112%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 44GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3330 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4614 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 2593 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 53 386727959 (C2) HDA temperature 76 52 403505176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 758839 (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 2284 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	38.1% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 67.8 Mixed 70 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 12GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%

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Gaming 40%

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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	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
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16