Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 11:31
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 388 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 93% 114 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.5 78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 937 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 161 161 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 184684445721 (F1) Unknown 100 100 65637	71.3% Very good	Read 520 Write 337 Mixed 349 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 8.42 66% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 8.42 72% 169 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 557GB free Firmware: AX1P4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1553 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 972 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7776 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159216664 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 150 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 177 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 104 Write 98.3 Mixed 90.6 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 474GB free Firmware: AX1P4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1517 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 933 (0A) Spinup retry count 114 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2129 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684445720 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 30 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 95.3 Mixed 101 74% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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 $99Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 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: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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