Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 04:59
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 642 69% 546 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% EVGA(3842 2690) 2GB CLim: 1332 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 65.3 Reflection 38.9 Parallax 47.4 53% 50.5 fps	Gravity 34.5 Splatting 37 32% 35.8 fps
Poor: 28% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 291 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5	55.6% Above average	Read 374 Write 259 Mixed 228 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 9.56 68% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 31.9 50% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 97%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9967 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 670 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 845 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 524840 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 5373 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 598029 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 524840 (F2) Unknown 100 100 654318	34.7% Below average	Read 264 Write 89.3 Mixed 118 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 11.1 58% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 15.6 18% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111181952 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8656042645 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164167 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99477 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 25769803804 (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 -29635274338252 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43954969948 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45289358681	72.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 131 Mixed 120 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 113%
Fujitsu MHW2080BH PL 80GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 74GB free Firmware: 891F Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 73798 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 19464192 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2568 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 13306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3716 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 45 403898391 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580617 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 22544728 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 193645 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 454623232 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4106 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 429497647506 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	25.9% Poor	Read 46 Write 44 Mixed 17.4 26% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	28x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	11x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 50 samples	5x
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $608

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