Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.1% 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 Drive36.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
MotherboardAsrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20111122
Uptime9 Days
Run DateNov 23 '18 at 15:01
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90% Excellent
Memory 95.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 251
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 491
66% 490 Pts
64-Core 494
30% 494 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 90%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.1% Very good
Lighting 99.6
Reflection 105
Parallax 94.7
81% 99.6 fps
MRender 87.7
Gravity 91.2
Splatting 77.8
69% 85.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
FM-25S2S-80GBP2 80GB
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 52 54 55 54 50 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
36.7% Below average
Read 86.8
Write 84.3
Mixed 94.8
SusWrite 54.2
18% 80 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 47.4
4K Mixed 24.5
89% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 25.6
DQ Write 79.2
DQ Mixed 24.3
27% 43 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 41%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB
58GB free
Firmware: DXT06B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 317 306 316 317 315 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
48.1% Average
Read 32.3
Write 56.2
Mixed 97.5
SusWrite 309
28% 124 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 47.5
4K Mixed 24.1
84% 30 MB/s
DQ Read 26.1
DQ Write 59.1
DQ Mixed 28.1
26% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 89%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.8% Good
MC Read 20.7
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 18.9
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 18.6
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 56.8
70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $463
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