Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	18.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110729
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 168 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 283 40% 292 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.67% Terrible	Lighting 1.83 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.28 2% 1.79 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 3.35 2% 2.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.67% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2959) 2GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 32.8 28% 33.5 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 32.1 Splatting 32.2 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32115 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 93 93 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50193607595	54.9% Above average	Read 353 Write 251 Mixed 252 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 16.5 80% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 14.2 17% 29 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 126%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4TB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10435 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (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 100 100 164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 167505166371 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 134 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 623 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 58% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 9905403-198.A00LF TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 24GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.4% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns

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

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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