Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 23:56
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 92 2-Core 174 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 471 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.92 Parallax 1.72 2% 2.73 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 1.4 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 2%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 73.5 67% 79.5 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 65.5 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8600485902 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 44 240518168618 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17180262406 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 128 (F1) Unknown 253 253 113 (F2) Unknown 253 253 59 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.5% Above average	Read 512 Write 280 Mixed 170 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 0.98 43% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 3.86 16% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 35689 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 206 (B1) Unknown 95 95 180 (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 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 710 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20818313588	59.9% Above average	Read 505 Write 232 Mixed 330 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 11.9 65% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 9.33 42% 100 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115434184 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 4297271184 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3707 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14572824035090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3409312079 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2588118267	99% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 165 Mixed 169 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 48%

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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 $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 $134	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