Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 05:33
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 340 45% 340 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 58 Parallax 112 68% 84.3 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 74.7 59% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 367 348 248 166 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 486 Write 408 Mixed 333 SusWrite 277 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 33.8 117% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 346 266% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 124%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 128GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 52 51 52 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 58.7 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 52.3 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 233GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 60 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 61.4 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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

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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