Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 04:55
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 609 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 150 Parallax 125 115% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9920 (05) Reallocated sector count 43 43 618 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 5 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 86451 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 214749216796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 618 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9102194300 (F7) Unknown 100 100 285442741 (F8) Unknown 100 100 249243415 (B4) Unknown 0 0 631 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3186	62.5% Good	Read 484 Write 336 Mixed 335 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 10.4 65% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 10.2 30% 59.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 95%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 134GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1414 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80378704 (AE) Unknown 100 100 361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 132 (D2) Unknown 100 100 215 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7579 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9225 (F9) Unknown 100 100 442529833	83.7% Excellent	Read 455 Write 415 Mixed 429 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 19.8 94% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 10.6 80% 187 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 410GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13202 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.5% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 89.9 Mixed 91 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 79%

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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	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 $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) $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