Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics19.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 11 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)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20120629
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 07 '21 at 22:47
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User HRV-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Memory 88.2
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 186
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 464
50% 400 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6970
Sapphire(174B E182) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
19.9% Very poor
Lighting 25.1
Reflection 30.8
Parallax 27.1
20% 27.7 fps
MRender 24.4
Gravity 26.3
Splatting 19.4
19% 23.4 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 19.9%
Great: 22%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
571GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 69 48 64 82 78 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
26.5% Poor
Read 26.8
Write 34.8
Mixed 56.2
SusWrite 65.3
34% 45.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 26.5%
Great: 68%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB
30GB free, PID null
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 64.5
Write 18.8
Mixed 31.3
41% 38.2 MB/s
4K Read 6.1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
53% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
28.4% Poor
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 8.6
MC Mixed 8.3
25% 8.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 9.2
27% 9.43 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 786 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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