Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 15:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2700K-$89 20,692 User benchmarks, average bench 73% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 196 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 479 54% 424 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% ASRock(1849 0122) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.31% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 1.69 2% 2.68 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.37 Splatting 4.65 3% 3.26 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.31% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 96 94 103 102 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 124 Write 194 Mixed 158 SusWrite 104 33% 145 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 26.6 92% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 107 96% 146 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 66%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1252 1294 1292 1305 1308 1306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,119 Write 1,097 Mixed 1,100 SusWrite 1,293 260% 1,152 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 49.8 183% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 717 528% 696 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 347%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 907GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 83 87 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 76 Write 66 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 84.7 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 86%

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Typical Z68 Professional Gen3 Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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: 60% - Good

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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