Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 562 59% 471 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1407 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 91.3 62% 76.7 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 80 57% 68.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 92 72 129 112 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 476 Write 468 Mixed 362 SusWrite 151 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 30 107% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 193 190% 302 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 93%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 88 88 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 65.8 Write 51 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 88 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 118GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 106 116 114 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 111 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 19GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 63 66 67 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 66.3 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z68 Pro3 Builds (Compare 374 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	172x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	65x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 54%, 12,350 samples	19x
Team--Elite-1333 2x4GBTeamBench 46%, 1,562 samples	12x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	10x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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