Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 06:37
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 184 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 355 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 138 Parallax 128 118% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 143 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 102 92 92 93 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 289 Write 328 Mixed 222 SusWrite 96.9 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 31.5 103% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 34.3 35% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 107%
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-00000 512GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 476GB free Firmware: EXT0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 111 95 93 93 85 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.5% Average	Read 214 Write 207 Mixed 147 SusWrite 101 38% 167 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 24.4 89% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 32.5 30% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 945GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 167 166 167 167 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 120 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 165 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Lacie Rugged THB USB3 256GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 91GB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 23 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 34 Write 29.6 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 23.5 22% 29.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 6.3 1,103% 6.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 25%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 7.1 8.1 8.3 7.5 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Read 20 Write 8.7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 8 16% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 62%

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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	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
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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