Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120507
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 386 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 61.9 39% 47.6 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 41.2 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%
Intel HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz) 150,891 User benchmarks, average bench 1% ASRock(1849 0102) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.04% Terrible	Lighting 1.1 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 1 1% 1.19 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.04% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.02E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 17 30 33 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 11.2 Write 45.2 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 27.6 18% 25 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 35%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: 10.01E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 34 22 33 35 29 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 55.7 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 30.7 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 33%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: 10.01E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 56 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 57.7 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 6.6 6 6.4 6.1 6.2 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 70.2 Write 7 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 7 22% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 75.A83C1.G010C 0443 RMR5040MM58F9F1600 017A 75.A83C1.G010C 8GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns

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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%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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