Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.9% 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	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 00:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 383 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.9% Average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.4 39% 48.8 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 53 45% 56 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 198 152 39 63 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 362 Write 305 Mixed 190 SusWrite 112 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 27.6 99% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 39.4 38% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 101%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 185GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 206 209 207 209 210 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50.5% Above average	Read 199 Write 212 Mixed 192 SusWrite 206 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 29.8 86% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 80 DQ Mixed 35.8 32% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16