Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (12%). 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110929
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 07:22
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (91^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 344 47% 350 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E349) CLim: 1216 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.1% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 59.7 34% 54.7 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 52.1 43% 52.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 67 87 80 84 87 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.8% Below average	Read 213 Write 102 Mixed 101 SusWrite 70 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 17.4 58% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 25.6 DQ Mixed 20.2 16% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 53%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 48 49 58 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 69.7 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 49.4 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 78 79 79 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 77 Write 77.2 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 78.8 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBNT F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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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 $129Bench 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) $35	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