Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '22 at 21:20
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3350P-$60 21,413 User benchmarks, average bench 65% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 67.5 1-Core 48.1 2-Core 119 47% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 266 35% 261 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 1376) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.8% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 27.5 24% 29.8 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 26.9 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 31 17 46 73 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 84.9 Write 95.2 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 48.4 54% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 454GB free Firmware: MS1OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 37 27 52 74 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 52.9 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 82%

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 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.9% 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 Gen3 Builds (Compare 247 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z68 Pro3 Gen3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	90x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	21x
Core i7-2600Intel $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	23x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	10x

RAM
CT51264BA160BJ.C8 2x4GBCrucialBench 51%, 2,504 samples	8x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	7x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	6x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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