Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). 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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 13:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3350P-$60 21,413 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 86.9 2-Core 172 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 336 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 18.8 16% 16.4 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 16 Splatting 15 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2CT040G3 40GB 1,759 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 36 26 18 15 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 180 Write 47 Mixed 71 SusWrite 29.7 18% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 15.8 62% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 35.7 DQ Mixed 52.7 44% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 37%
Seagate ST310005 24NS 45W 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 928GB free Firmware: BB28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 128 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BA160BJ.C8 859B CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 8GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 58%

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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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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	347x
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	57x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	54x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 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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