Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	191% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	32.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Professional Gen3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120607
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 18:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 456 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 403E) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	191% Outstanding	Lighting 272 Reflection 268 Parallax 346 222% 296 fps	MRender 328 Gravity 246 Splatting 181 198% 252 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 346 11 85 55 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 423 Write 362 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 114 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 8.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 92%
WDC WD180EDGZ-11B2DA0 18TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1TB free Firmware: 85.00A85 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 137 135 133 136 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 189 Write 179 Mixed 109 SusWrite 134 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 1.5 13% 5.03 MB/s	DQ Read 6.8 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 5.4 5% 7.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 28%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 327GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 169 171 168 184 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 315 Write 303 Mixed 298 SusWrite 174 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 40.1 130% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 228 172% 232 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 301GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 162 160 166 167 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 163 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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: 142 145 138 140 140 143 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 122 Write 149 Mixed 73 SusWrite 141 166% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1 220% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 79%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 31%

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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 $132Bench 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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 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 i5-13600K $269	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