Asrock Z68M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 14:34
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770K-$175 165,979 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 513 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B5) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 15.4 14% 17.6 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 20.4 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 195 201 196 199 199 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.3% Above average	Read 191 Write 200 Mixed 181 SusWrite 194 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 27.9 95% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 69.6 DQ Mixed 34.5 31% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 91%
WDC WD20 EARS-00J99B0 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 47GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 36 36 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 35.1 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 35.1 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 34%

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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 Z68M/USB3 Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asrock Z68M/USB3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	10x
Core i3-2100Intel $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples	6x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	6x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x

RAM
9905403-445.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 53%, 148 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	2x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	2x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $346

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16