Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.4% 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	28.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 04:28
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 83.9 48% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 116 8-Core 161 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 180 11% 180 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 6.84 20% 22.5 fps	MRender 6.67 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 12.5 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179687 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 63 59 176095100965 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1595 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1498 (F2) Unknown 100 100 706 (F4) Unknown 100 100 18 (F5) Unknown 100 100 39 (F6) Unknown 100 100 109080	28.3% Poor	Read 208 Write 77.7 Mixed 212 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 4.7 50% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 40.3 DQ Mixed 4.56 11% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 156GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106775492 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8892507482 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2111 (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 64 53 622264356 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 24 106775492 (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 44435731659617 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3524723971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3134545184	62.5% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 95.2 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 32 Write 25.8 Mixed 23 33% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]110(E/F) 99[2/7/4]110(E/F) 991770 991770 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%

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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 $293	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 $45	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