Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 03:14
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 421 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 61.4 54% 65.9 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 56.2 52% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1869 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 629 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (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 57 41 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7926381663	50.4% Above average	Read 359 Write 207 Mixed 204 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 11.4 74% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 14.5 20% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 123%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 417GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 142 1433 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6368 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2062 (BF) G-sense error rate 67 67 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40685 (C2) HDA temperature 103 97 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 800 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5945344751 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6909367084 (FE) Unknown 173 173 27	57.4% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 103 Mixed 65.7 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 5.2 Mixed 7.95 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.24 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-198.A00LF 2x4GB 1,746 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	46x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	28x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	4x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 19 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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