Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '22 at 20:22
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$134 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.55 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 451 48% 384 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 77.5 66% 79.5 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 62.5 55% 67.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 232 78 5.4 6.7 65 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.3% Below average	Read 263 Write 240 Mixed 234 SusWrite 108 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 15.4 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 20.5 22% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 92%
WDC WD180EDGZ-11B2DA0 18TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 2TB free Firmware: 85.00A85 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 131 140 131 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 195 Write 193 Mixed 100 SusWrite 134 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.17 MB/s	DQ Read 2.4 DQ Write 5.2 DQ Mixed 2.2 2% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 28%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 251GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 163 164 166 165 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 144 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 165 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion HDD 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free, PID 2038 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 133 136 137 135 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 118 Write 142 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 137 160% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 1 233% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 63%

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Typical Z68 Professional Gen3 Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	48x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	28x
Core i7-2700KIntel $89Bench 73%, 20,692 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	15x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	11x

SSD
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $100Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $119Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 029E CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 24GBUnknownBench 54%, 50 samples	5x
CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 49%, 430 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples	4x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $29	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