Asrock Z68 Pro3-M

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% 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 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3-M (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 20:55
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3550-$335 23,599 User benchmarks, average bench 69% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 155 Parallax 139 99% 138 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 120 90 103 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 361 Write 109 Mixed 164 SusWrite 106 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 29.8 102% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 93.9 78% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 79%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 9GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 392 Write 228 Mixed 238 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 26.1 95% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 102 101% 158 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 134GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 106 112 111 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 97.5 Write 102 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 112 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 108 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-CK0 2x4GB 4,503 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 59%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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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 $15	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