Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 15% 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 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 10:52
Run Duration	436 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 459 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1580) 1.5GB CLim: 772 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 31.4 22% 33.8 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 31.8 26% 32.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 136 10008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1080 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 216749 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 75.1 Write 81.3 Mixed 78.1 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 554GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 7141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9056 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.8% Average	Read 82.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 52.1 54% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.14 40% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 333GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109918968 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92537619 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2418 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 44 9161539618 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 275255 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 30064771106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 109918968 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132980777410289 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4290389287 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101689989	50.7% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 84.3 Mixed 79.7 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 149 1325 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7410 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (BF) G-sense error rate 87 87 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19247 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52% Above average	Read 91 Write 90.2 Mixed 99.5 71% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31500343AS 1.5TB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 124GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186146100 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 162645505 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 34 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2432 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 902065096521 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 154 (BE) vendor-specific 63 43 65063157797 (C2) HDA temperature 37 57 25769803813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 19 186146100 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5	56.5% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 97.1 Mixed 89 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 70%
pny USB 2.0 FD 32GB 251 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID 005d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	5.58% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 3.76 Mixed 5.52 10% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.26 31% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.58% Great: 8%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 16GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 148 Write 16.8 Mixed 18.8 52% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.93 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.22 55% 3.19 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 859B CT51264BA1339.M16F 859B CT51264BA1339.M16F 16JTF51264AZ-1G4D1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 50%

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	47x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	28x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	11x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	5x
Fury 240GBHyperX $193Bench 71%, 27,826 samples	4x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C11 029E CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 19 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	3x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16