Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% 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	46.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	12.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '18 at 14:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (88^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 186 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 360 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 2316) 3GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.4% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 44.2 29% 35 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 31.8 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 138 150 168 151 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 355 Write 198 Mixed 156 SusWrite 154 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 17.7 68% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 23.3 21% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 742GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 69 88 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 76.3 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 87%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 49GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 52 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 52.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 52.6 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 32%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 96GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 39 40 41 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 35.7 Write 36.3 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 40.1 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 32%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 33GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 69 88 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 72.5 Write 77.3 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 76.2 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $273	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 $179	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