Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 01:20
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 558 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 157 Parallax 155 130% 157 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 141 Splatting 107 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ REVODRIVE350 240GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 232 244 220 205 202 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 293GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 126 125 126 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 68 SusWrite 124 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 123 Write 129 Mixed 57 SusWrite 107 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 291GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 68 SusWrite 127 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 107 139% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%

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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%

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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 $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) $35	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