Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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. 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.8% 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	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 457 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Zotac(19DA 2203) 3GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 43 Parallax 31.1 21% 33.3 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 22 Splatting 32.1 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 90GB 979 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 26791596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -118652766509480 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1050 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26791596 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26791596 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26791596 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18143 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21302 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21302 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29480	53.3% Above average	Read 490 Write 99.5 Mixed 152 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 10.4 76% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 36.8 52% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 77%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 277GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1533 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 37 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 158 Write 94.8 Mixed 53.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 287GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 27.8 Mixed 28.6 37% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.12 33% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 25A0 1TB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 259GB free, PID 25a0 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 25.2 Mixed 27.9 36% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.17 42% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMP16GX3M4X1866C9 CMP16GX3M4X1866C9 CMP16GX3M4X1866C9 CMP16GX3M4X1866C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%

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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 $46

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