Asrock Z68 Pro3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.8% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 10:54
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 356 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5830 2,946 User benchmarks, average bench 13% PwrHis(1787 200A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 16.5 15% 16.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 14 Splatting 9.9 9% 11.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 115 109 113 115 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 387 Write 138 Mixed 180 SusWrite 114 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 27.9 99% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 137 107% 148 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-171.A00LF 9905403-171.A00LF JM1600KLN-4G JM1600KLN-4G 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.1% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	17"	1280 720	SAM01B7 SyncMaster

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Typical Z68 Pro3 Builds (Compare 374 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 36%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 28%

Raft

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 $109Bench 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: 56% - Above average

Total price: $555

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 $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