Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 23:30
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 618 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.8 96% 112 fps	Gravity 105 Splatting 100 91% 103 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 366 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979675166 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1333807429 (F7) Unknown 100 100 41867189 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8130708 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1922 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	63.2% Good	Read 484 Write 294 Mixed 337 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 12.9 71% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 40.7 53% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 858GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 3737752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 555756809 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196747 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41346 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 60129542172 (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 130605660514329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3119456559183 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41686250213338	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 184 Mixed 157 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%

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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	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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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