Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2400-$250 166,255 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 169 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 332 44% 333 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gigabyte(1458 351C) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 17.7 16% 20.1 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 21.3 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 199 200 195 201 202 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.3% Average	Read 186 Write 209 Mixed 178 SusWrite 189 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 25.3 83% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 34.3 32% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 104GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 90 90 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 110 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 88.2 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 110GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 19 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Read 30.8 Write 24.3 Mixed 16 SusWrite 19 29% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 26 Mixed 25 SusWrite 19 33% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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