Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 01:15
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 166 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 348 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Zotac(19DA 5194) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Digitazz 120GB SSD 120GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 191 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 1 1 21481062425 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2064 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9634011648 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19696844800 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3358535551 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3989605894	57.6% Above average	Read 262 Write 302 Mixed 230 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 15.5 88% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 17.1 26% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 344GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1696595 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 51 51 50351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 148334591 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 242 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 437780504 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 64424509464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 31 1696595 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 95.8 Mixed 27.3 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 312GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223090875 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47583125 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437780505 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 27 223090875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 116	51.3% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 88.7 Mixed 28.7 50% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 233GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85489614 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198362583 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 437780505 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 85489614 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 85.5 Write 88.3 Mixed 32.2 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 106GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 37.7 Mixed 38.2 50% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.12 47% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 46%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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