Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '21 at 23:51
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 78 1-Core 83.4 2-Core 163 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 284 36% 273 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2079 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 93% 114 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 112 Splatting 108 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0112) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 1.5 2% 1.87 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.1 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 75 21 19 20 20 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.8% Average	Read 213 Write 200 Mixed 169 SusWrite 53.3 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 28.7 94% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 44.8 38% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 108%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 62GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 116 115 116 114 114 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	42.4% Average	Read 211 Write 199 Mixed 132 SusWrite 114 37% 164 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 22.8 80% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 33.2 30% 45 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 109%
Samsung MZ7TY256HDHP-000L1 256GB 2,045 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 84GB free Firmware: MAT04L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 134 137 136 129 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 361 Write 328 Mixed 258 SusWrite 131 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 32 106% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 49.3 42% 59.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 324GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 119 120 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 72.7 Write 50 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 118 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 837GB free Firmware: 14244514 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 116 115 116 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 69 SusWrite 114 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.7 258% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 79%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 117GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 134 136 136 128 133 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 97.3 Mixed 73 SusWrite 130 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 53: 5R 6G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
53%	20%	107	93	7	60	34"	3440 1440	SAM0F70 S34J55x

History: Score 17: 1R 3G 3B | Score 50: 6R 4G 8B | Score 53: 5R 6G 10B

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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	343x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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