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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 641 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17641 (0C) Power cycle count 65 65 34807 (B1) Unknown 94 94 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31097 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25478065531	72.5% Very good	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 351 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 17.9 87% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 77.1 68% 95.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 448GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9013 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9029 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 69 331475 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 389GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9018 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9402 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 140 241840 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-2GBRL 12GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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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	344x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	119x
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	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16