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Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 22:53
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 575 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 90.5 79% 98.5 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 97.8 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 482 Write 456 Mixed 435 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 41.4 136% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 366 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 18GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 431 Mixed 394 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 41.6 135% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 245 218% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 129GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 121 122 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 122 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 124GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 12GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 18 21 13 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 23 Write 17.8 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 18.9 27% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 4.1 284% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 62%

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

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Typical Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Builds (Compare 800 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	352x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	122x
Core i7-3770KIntel $150Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	58x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	50x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 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 i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350