Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 17:46
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 428 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1060 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 58 Parallax 113 67% 84.4 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 84 Splatting 75.5 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGYA0201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 44 39 44 18 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 146 Write 115 Mixed 124 SusWrite 49.1 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 11.6 55% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.5 DQ Write 31.7 DQ Mixed 17.2 14% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 44%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 195GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 87 93 101 97 106 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 186 Write 165 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 93.6 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 140GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 11 10 22 21 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 7.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 17.2 6% 7.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 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: 57% - Above average

Total price: $541

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