Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110519
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 20:53
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 178 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 338 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 4.16 13% 12.4 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 0.09 33% 45.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 86 101 98 91 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 261 Write 125 Mixed 180 SusWrite 93.6 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 32.3 120% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 92.4 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 100 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 73%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 84 50 101 107 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 90 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 91.1 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 797GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 126 126 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 122 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 124 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 308GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 119 Write 84.7 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 104 122% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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