Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.29% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20110929
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 04 '20 at 05:02
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 95.8
1-Core 92.6
2-Core 186
74% 125 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 368
49% 367 Pts
64-Core 366
23% 366 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3800
Device(1545 3950) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
6.29% Terrible
Lighting 7.8
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 2.5
6% 7.27 fps
MRender 8
Gravity 3.6
Splatting 10
6% 7.2 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.29%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 5,812
Write 5219
Mixed 5,284
1,213% 5,438 MB/s
4K Read 543
4K Write 161
4K Mixed 227
1,200% 311 MB/s
DQ Read 1,694
DQ Write 517
DQ Mixed 1,021
775% 1,077 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
323GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 101 100 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
45.6% Average
Read 58
Write 57
Mixed 46
SusWrite 100
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 45.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1600LL Series 1600LL Series 1600LL Series 1600LL Series 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
61% Good
MC Read 21
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 19.5
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 18.6
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 54.8
73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $463
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HDDRAMUSB
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