Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	57.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111025
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 06:50
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 549 57% 460 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 32 Parallax 46.5 29% 38 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 31.2 Splatting 36.6 27% 32 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 295 282 227 239 217 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 287 Write 346 Mixed 220 SusWrite 259 63% 278 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 26 89% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 27.8 30% 48.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 46GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 120 Write 98.3 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 115 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 112%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 442GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 104 123% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 130% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.6 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%

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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-M Builds (Compare 146 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

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Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	46x
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 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 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 $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 $184	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